Canadian energy giants take out full-page newspaper ads as federal election looms - Global News

Three of Canada’s biggest oilsands producers are going directly to voters today to ask them to “influence the outcome” of big decisions concerning the oil and gas sector as a fall federal election looms.In full-page ads in about 30 English and French daily newspapers across Canada, the CEOs of Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Cenovus Energy Inc. and MEG Energy Corp. ask readers to call on “leaders of all political stripes” to lend their support to the energy industry.READ MORE: Cenovus produces one billionth barrel from oilsands operations in northern AlbertaMEG Energy CEO Derek Evans says the campaign, a rare foray into the public realm for companies that usually prefer to speak through the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, is coming out in mid-summer because that’s when politicians are meeting voters at barbecues and picnics.The open letter agrees greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced but it defends the environmental record of the oilsands, contending that emissions intensity per barrel produced has fallen by about 30 per cent over the past two decades.WATCH: Imran Mulji from Acumen Capital Partners discusses the ads taken out in newspapers across Canada by energy giants MEG, Cenovus and CNRL.


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August 01, 2019 at 09:00PM