Shiri Pasternak

Feb 13, 2025 | thenarwhal.ca | Leah Borts-Kuperman |Shiri Pasternak |Anna Zalik

In the recent turmoil over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats, discussions of energy have centred on Canada’s role as a supplier of oilsands fuels and electricity. Lost amid the trade war talk is the right-of-way Canada is helping to secure for powerful gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) corporations through the continent. The role of firms like TC Energy, formerly TransCanada Pipelines Ltd., is only beginning to receive the attention it warrants.

Feb 7, 2024 | ricochet.media | Shiri Pasternak

The testimony of Royal Canadian Mounted Police heard in a small British Columbia courthouse last month revealed evidence that the Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) unit is interpreting injunctions in ways that bend to the will of industry in startling new ways.

May 19, 2023 | nationalobserver.com | Shiri Pasternak

By denying this responsibility, the Ministry of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Indigenous Services Canada violated its fiduciary obligations. Documents show the ministry received briefings and even prepared a report for the minister on Wet’suwet’en rights and title regarding the Coastal GasLink pipeline. Documents obtained show the document was approved by Joe Wild, who manages the portfolio and negotiations for Canada on treaties and title issues. Why not reform C-IRG?