The partisan Friends of Science anti-”climate change science” ads during the 2006 election have been found to be, in fact, nonpartisan and legal by Elections Canada. The State News Service — pardon me — CanWest News Service reports:
Jean-Claude Bernais, the chief investigator at Elections Canada, concluded that the Friends of Science was not required to [...]
Later this month McCain’s “Straight-Talk-Express” will descend on the streets of Calgary. And what could epitomize McCain’s “Straight-Talk” more than climate change denial?
Interventionist Republican Senator Brownback will campaign on McCain’s behalf, moving money through his personal Political Action Committee to the RNC and the presidential campaign.
There are 50,000 voting-age US Americans residing in Calgary, [...]
Friends of Science, an anti-global warming advocacy group with controversial ties to the University of Calgary, is back in the news. A new audit by the University (pdf) accuses both Friends of Science (FoS) and folksy, CanWestGlobal (National Post, Calgary Herald) columnist Barry Cooper of potentially criminal wrongdoing and fraud.
DeSmogBlog writes:
A University of Calgary [...]