Zak Vescera
Reporter at Investigative Journalism Foundation
Reporter @IJFMedia, ink-stained wretch. Former @TheTyee @TheStarPhoenix, @ubyssey forever. EN/FR. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
theijf.org | Zak Vescera
The NDP says voters can’t trust Conservatives’ tough talk on tax havens after an IJF investigation revealed several Tories invested in a company they’ve criticized for using offshore funds. The IJF found seven Conservative candidates including deputy leader Melissa Lantsman disclosed investments related to Brookfield Asset Management, a global investment giant formerly chaired by Liberal Leader Mark Carney.
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1 week ago |
theijf.org | Zak Vescera
Multiple Conservative MPs personally invested in Liberal Leader Mark Carney’s former company, a business their party has spent weeks attacking in the lead-up to this month’s election, according to an IJF analysis. Disclosure reports filed to the Office of the Conflict of Interest show that seven Conservative MPs, including deputy leader Melissa Lantsman and two former shadow ministers, disclosed owning stock in investment firm Brookfield Asset Management and related companies since 2024.
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2 weeks ago |
thenarwhal.ca | Drew Anderson |Matt Simmons |Zak Vescera
Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. Oil and gas companies could avoid full reclamation of old well sites in Alberta if they put renewable energy projects on the disturbed land. That’s one of several dozen ideas offered in a new report commissioned by the Alberta government.
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2 weeks ago |
thenarwhal.ca | Ainslie Cruickshank |Matt Simmons |Zak Vescera
Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. Researchers Cori Lausen and Maleen Mund step out of the warm spring sun and into a dimly lit workshop. The only light streams in through the doorway behind them and a few dusty windows. It’s been a cool start to the season in the Lower Mainland, but some bats have already emerged from their winter hibernation.
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2 weeks ago |
theijf.org | Zak Vescera |Matt Simmons
This investigation is a collaboration between the IJF and The Narwhal. Fewer than two dozen BC Energy Regulator inspectors are responsible for monitoring nearly 200 fossil fuel companies operating 6,594 — and counting — active oil and gas wells, pipelines, processing plants and other related infrastructure in British Columbia.
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The IJF looked at Canadian MPs who own Amazon stock. We found one Liberal MP still holds it even after Amazon shut down a unionized warehouse in his riding and laid off thousands of workers in Quebec. With @news_carly https://t.co/koEATFcsel
B.C.'s energy regulator quietly allowed one of the country's largest oil companies to sidestep rules for more than 4,300 pipelines, including many that weren't complying with environmental regulations. With @writermjs and the great team at @thenarwhalca https://t.co/vqiRDibr5q
Today the IJF published thousands of pages of records from Canada's residential schools, making them available to the public for the first time. Read @bethanylindsay's story about this database and how it corroborates what survivors always knew https://t.co/haRPNOKaKZ
