Big Oilâ€s steady lobbying in 2024: Suncor tops the lobbyist list from July-September

Big Oil had 695 lobby meetings with the federal government between January and September 2024. Itâ€s no wonder that climate policies in Canada are moving forward at a snailâ€s pace. The fossil fuel lobby meets with public servants and elected officials more than 3.5 times per working day!

We just finished tallying up the lobby meetings for the third quarter (Q3) of this year. The fossil fuel lobbyists had 149 meetings: 63 meetings in July, 43 meetings in August, and another 43 in September.

Weâ€re also handing out oil-stained trophies for the Top Fossil Fuel Industry Lobbyists in Q3:

1. Suncor – 19 meetings
2. Pathways Alliance – 18 meetings
3. Enbridge – 13 meetings

Minister lobbied the most (July – September)

1. Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland took 7 lobby meetings with the fossil fuel industry. That is the highest number of meetings in a three-month period that a Minister has participated in this year. She met with Imperial Oil, MEG, and LNG Canada and had multiple meetings with ConocoPhillips and the Pathways Alliance.
2. Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson had three meetings, one each with LNG Canada, BHP, and the Pathways Alliance.
3. Each of the following ministers had one meeting with Big Oil: Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Harjit Singh Sajjan; Minister of Canadian Heritage, Pascale St-Onge; and Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne.

Ministries most lobbied (year to date)

1.       Natural Resources Canada = 206
2.       Environment and Climate Change Canada = 123
3.       Privy Council Office = 122

 MPs who were lobbied the most between July-September

1.   Conservative MP Randy Hoback had 5 meetings
2.   Conservative MP Greg Mclean had 4 meetings
3.   Conservative MPs Shannon Stubbs, Tom Kmiec, and Laila Goodridge each had two meetings

How does this compare to lobbying by the fossil fuel industry last year? Iâ€m glad you asked! Weâ€ve compiled all the insights about oil and gas lobbying in 2023 in a new report Big Oilâ€s Big Year: A Summary of Big Oilâ€s 2023 Federal Lobbying. Visit the webpage to learn more. 

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