FOREIGN DONORS TARGETING ALBERTA'S OIL & GAS

 EDMONTON — The inquiry launched by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s government into the scale of foreign funds aimed at damaging the province’s oil and gas industry has issued its long-awaited report, finding that foreign donors provided nearly $1.3 billion in funds for Canadian environmental campaigns between 2003 and 2019.

However, compiled over two years by Calgary accountant Steve Allan, the report was only able to directly link far smaller amounts of money to anti-Alberta energy activities, with few conclusions drawn about what activities the money was actually used for.

The report fulfils a major election promise by Kenney’s United Conservative Party and lays out the extensive network of environmental organizations, and some of their funding sources, that have sought to limit the growth — or shut down entirely — Alberta’s oil and gas sector.