It received $475,000 from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to research “Mapping the Power of the Carbon-Extractive Corporate Resource Sector”. On the website is a quote from the Prime Minister's that “power and influence in the fossil fuel industry today places sharp limits on our democracy”.
My colleagues and I value independent, objective research, but the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council will receive $786 million this year. On behalf of energy workers and natural resource developers everywhere, I wonder if you'll advocate to ensure that future research grants are scientific and generate research rather than misinformed propaganda attacks on Canadian natural resources.