Foreign Funding of Green Charities, The Bill Good Show

“Vivian deserves a lot of credit for shining light on this issue.” 

- Bill Good

"Ten, twenty years ago, these environmental organizations were fairly simple in their structure and they positioned themselves as such.  They are still positioning themselves as such and that is not true anymore.  They are complex organizations that have much more financial support from higher players and they have all kinds of really sophisticated communications support, like the corporate sector does, so they should be held to the same level of scrutiny."

– Brigitte Anderson

“I draw a distinction between political campaigns and advocacy work. I don’t have a problem with foreign foundations involving themselves in the Canadian environment but not in political campaigns.”

– Sandy  Garrosino

“I have a lot of business across the border in regards to trade agreements and things like that so I’m very careful to respect their rules. I want those foreign interests to respect the rules here.  We are Canada, these are Canadian issues, Canadians make these decisions and those groups should abide by the same rules that companies and other organizations are forced to abide by.” 

- Alise Mills

 For today's discussion, click here.