In The Financial Post, November 16, 2011:
Over the past year, I have been going through the tax returns of American charitable foundations in order to figure out who is funding the environmental movement in Canada, and why. So far, I’ve traced about $300-million over the past decade that has been paid to various green groups, mostly in B.C. By far, the largest B.C.-based recipient organization is Tides Canada which has been paid nearly $60 million by U.S. foundations, tax returns say.
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson is no stranger to Tides Canada. In fact, he was a Tides Canada director from 2002 until 2004 when he entered politics with the NDP. The treasurer of Vision Vancouver, the political party that Mr. Robertson rode to power, is Martha Burton, who has been a senior advisor to Tides Canada. Mike Magee, the Chief of Staff at Vancouver City Hall, was also a senior advisor to Tides Canada (2002 to 2007).
As it turns out, according to my calculations, during the course of five years of politics with both the NDP and Vision Vancouver, Gregor Robertson has received $411,703 including $340,000 in campaign finance for Vision Vancouver, from sources that are affiliated in various ways with two registered charities: the Endswell Foundation and Tides Canada.
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Re Joel Soloman's original investment
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_42/b4005001.htm
Posted by: Don Braden | 11/17/2011 at 06:04 PM