Allan Inquiry: US NGO Claimed Role in Defeating Conservative Party in 2015

Alberta government inquiry sheds light on foreign funding used to thwart province’s energy sector

Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline demonstrate on a pedestrian bridge during rush hour in Omaha, Nebraska, on Nov. 1, 2017. The pipeline was cancelled by U.S. President Joe Biden immediately after taking office in January 2021. The Canadian Press/AP, Nati Harnik

In 2016, a foreign-based organization financed by foreign-based foundations claimed the anti-pipeline campaign it co-ordinated “played a role in helping to unseat the Conservative Party in Alberta and nationally.”

This finding was among the examples of political activism by environmental groups revealed in the Alberta government’s inquiry into campaigns against the province’s energy sector, released on Oct. 21.