The De Souza Files

From 2010 to 2013, journalist Mike De Souza wrote a series of articles for the Postmedia wire service. These pieces documented scandals involving the Alberta oil industry and the pro-oil Harper government.

As expected, De Souza's pieces were more heavily censored by newspapers closer to the center of oil power in Calgary, Alberta. On this site, you can browse how De Souza's pieces were sliced and diced in the Ottawa Citizen, the Edmonton Journal, and the Calgary Herald. Click on an article to see its different versions.

Articles

  1. Canada’s oilsands strategy includes lobbying against global warming measures: documents
  2. Canada enlists Big Oil to help kill U.S green policies
  3. Conservatives deny diplomatic push to shield oilsands from U.S. environmental rules
  4. Governments working with oil execs to curb oilsands criticism, documents show
  5. Former Harper adviser altered partnership’s mandate to improve oilsands image
  6. Feds say industry organized PR strategy for oilsands
  7. Talisman Energy kick-started U of C climate skeptic fund
  8. University climate research accounts used for PR, travel, wining and dining: records
  9. University of Calgary and Talisman distance themselves from global warming contrarians
  10. ‘Secret’ Environment Canada presentation warns of oilsands’ impact on habitat
  11. Enbridge says feds pushing ‘unrealistically fast’ approvals for pipeline
  12. Diplomats ‘targeted’ influential media to boost oilsands coverage in Europe
  13. Harper deploys diplomats to counter U.S. climate change campaign
  14. Pipeline development was ‘top of mind’ in Stephen Harper’s budget bill, say secret records
  15. Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver admits he didn’t ‘know very much’ about energy projects
  16. Bureaucrats told Peter Kent reforms could undermine environmental protection
  17. Bureaucrats told Stephen Harper’s government environmental reforms would be ‘very controversial,’ records reveal
  18. Federal government sent mixed messages to industry, First Nations about environmental reforms
  19. Federal government planned ‘strong’ PR campaign to promote oil industry
  20. Communications strategists deliberated on $60 million in cuts at Environment Canada