UKIP MEP Stuart Agnew was there, as were Christopher Monckton, a prominent climate change denier, and Canadian Tom Harris, executive director of the «International Climate Science Coalition» — and former operations director of the «High Park Group»,
a Canadian lobbying company.
Not exact matches
We need a
Canadian complement to this innovation
lobby, centred on
Canadian - domiciled
companies selling
Canadian ideas globally, to obtain the full commitment of federal politicians and policy - makers to act in ways that support their profitable growth.
A
Canadian subsidiary of Equifax Inc. is
lobbying Ontario politicians to pump the brakes on a government bill — proposed after the massive data breach at the Atlanta - based
company last year — that could provide consumers stronger controls over information held by it and other credit - reporting agencies.
«That
Canadian company paid Mr. Pigeon $ 388,000 between 2010 and 2015 to help in their consulting and
lobbying efforts in order to gain legislation providing for the legalization of internet gambling,» acting U.S. Attorney J.P. Kennedy said.
In July 2008 alone, oil sands
companies held a total of 36 meetings with
Canadian ministers and government officials, while only seven environmental groups and associations reported
lobbying activity.
The likes of Tom Harris, better known for his
lobbying work on behalf of the
Canadian energy industry, and Fred Singer, formally a tobacco
company expert - for - hire, are trying to make headlines again claiming that the warming of our planet has significantly slowed down.
«[Alberta Premier Alison] Redford and
Canadian oil
companies may benefit from the pipeline, but folks here at home will be the ones taking on all of the risk, without any reward,» said Rachel Wolf, a spokeswoman for the All Risk No Reward group, in response to Redford's recent visit to Washington to
lobby for the approval of Keystone XL.
Lobbying Neither do the Detroit - based car
companies and the US oil
companies operating in Alberta, all of which seem to have positive relationships with the present US Federal and the
Canadian National Governments.
These can include a listing in the NAGAB Greenrealestate office index three times a year, a
company listing in each NAGAB enewsletter, which gets distributed to thousands of
Canadian Realtors and a NAGAB certificate for your
lobby announcing your Greenrealestate designation to corporate visitors.