Blacklock's Reporter

The federal government in pre-election focus groups shopped various slogans to persuade Canadians to support a cap on oil and gas emissions, according to in-house research by the Privy Council Office. Depicting energy companies as hugely profitable corporations that could afford clean technology was most popular, said a report: “Asked whether they had seen, read or heard anything about the federal government’s action on this front, only a small number indicated they had.”