Canadian Energy Centre
Alberta provincial corporation to counter criticism of the fossil fuel industry / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Canadian Energy Centre Limited (CEC),[3] also commonly called the "Energy War Room",[4][5][6] was an Alberta provincial corporation[lower-alpha 1] mandated to promote Alberta's energy industry and rebut "domestic and foreign-funded campaigns against Canada's oil and gas industry".[1]
Canadian Energy Centre Limited | |
Abbreviation | CEC |
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Nickname | "Energy War Room" |
Formation | 11 December 2019; 4 years ago (2019-12-11) |
Founder | Government of Alberta |
Dissolved | June 11, 2024; 41 days ago (2024-06-11) |
Type | Provincial corporation[lower-alpha 1] |
Headquarters | Calgary, Alberta |
Key people | Tom Olsen, CEO[1] |
Budget | CA$30,000,000 |
Website | canadianenergycentre.ca |
The creation of an organization to promote Alberta's oil and gas industries was a campaign promise by United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney during the 2019 Alberta general election. After winning a majority of seats in the election, Kenney's government inaugurated the CEC with a $2.84 million budget in December 2019. The CEC originally had an annual budget of CA$30 million[7][8] which was decreased to $CA12 million.[9] The CEC has been the subject of several controversies since its establishment,[10][11] including accusations of plagiarizing logo designs.[12][13] The CEC attracted widespread media attention when it launched a campaign against the Netflix animated children's movie Bigfoot Family because it cast Alberta's oil and gas industry in a negative light. In June 2024, the CEC was shut down, and merged into Alberta Intergovernmental Relations.[14]