Press Release Department: Non-Governmental - Polaris Institute

A new report entitled Big Oil’s Oily Grasp – The making of Canada as a Petro-State and how oil money is corrupting Canadian politics released  by the Ottawa-based Polaris Institute found that six main oil industry players, including Enbridge and TransCanada, met with 52 federal cabinet ministers between September 2011 and September 2012, the period when … Read more

The Polaris Institute announced that the government of Manitoba said that its offices and departments would not be allowed to spend money on single-use bottled water where tap water is available. The institute said that over the last five years, the government has spent an estimated $700,000 on purchasing bottled water. The institute also said … Read more