Jan 27, 2020
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Imperial Oil's internal documents prove that they knew the
realities of climate change decades ago— yet continued to confuse
the issue in public as it continued to ramp up production. Murtaza
Hussain, journalist for The Intercept, joins Team
Advantage to discuss his recent piece, "Imperial
Oil,...
Jan 22, 2020
January 22, 2020: Former MLA and Alberta Liberal Party leader Dr. David Swann calls for a citizen tax strike as Alberta's oil & gas producers owe $173 million to rural municipalities. Regan Boychuk of the Alberta Liabilities Disclosure Project proposes taking on industry to clean up industry's unfunded environmental...
Jan 21, 2020
Remember when the Trudeau government purchased that leaky 66-year-old Trans Mountain Pipeline from Kinder Morgan? Turns out that Trans Mountain is locking in some extraordinary costs to the public at the same time that it's providing a massive discount to major oilsands producers. Economist Robyn Allan joins...
Jan 13, 2020
Twenty years ago, workers at the Calgary Herald went on what would become an eight-month strike, citing editorial overreach, a torqued political slant, and unfair treatment in the newsroom. Herald striker Terry Inigo-Jones joins Team Advantage to discuss his experience taking on the Herald and its then-owner, Conrad...
Jan 7, 2020
Jason Kenney's ultra-secretive War Room, officially known as the Canadian Energy Centre, is tasked with taking on critics of Alberta's energy industry in real time. With a budget of $30 million in public funds and no transparency, we can only assume that they spent all of their money on their first video ad, which they...