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Vivian Krause
Vancouver, B.C. CANADA
Vancouver researcher & writer. I work from my dining room table, using Google on my own nickel. Not part of any political party, any industry, or any campaign.
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Alexandra Morton's Non-Answers About Her Research Funding
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In 2009, I wrote a series of letters to Alexandra Morton and her fellow sea lice researchers. The point of my letters was to appeal to them to please clarify that contrary to their claims, their research does not show that sea lice originating from salmon farms cause high levels... Continue reading
Posted Oct 21, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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What Got Me Started: A Complaint of Apparent Scientific Misconduct Regarding The University of Alberta's Sea Lice Research Published in the Journal SCIENCE
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For years, the David Suzuki Foundation, Alexandra Morton and other environmental groups made dire claims that sea lice from salmon farms put wild salmon at risk of extinction. "Sea lice have commonly killed over 80 per cent of the annual pink salmon returns," warned the David Suzuki Foundation, adding "...... Continue reading
Posted Jul 3, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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Thank You & Bye For Now
Dear friends, Its time to say thank you and bye for now... When I started this blog in the fall of 2009, it was a message in a bottle. A lot has happened since then and none of it would have come about without those of you who chimed in.... Continue reading
Posted Jun 15, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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Tides Canada Revenue: $173 Million (2000-2010)
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Excerpts from Tides Canada's Consolidated Financial Statements: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 For Tides Canada's complete consolidated financial statements which are provided by Tides Canada at its web-site, click here. Continue reading
Posted May 22, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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Foreign Funding of Green Charities, The Bill Good Show
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“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... Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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David Suzuki & U.S.-Funded Environmental Activism on The Mark Hasiuk Show
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Canadians care about the environment so it is to be expected that the environmental movement in Canada is strong. Environmental activism, however, isn’t what it used to be. The new factor is money, hundreds of millions of dollars from billion dollar American foundations. In February, for example, the William and... Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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The Rockefeller Brothers Campaign Against Canadian Energy: WWF, Pembina, Greenpeace, Etc.
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To read the whole thing for yourself, please click here. (8.5 MB) Below, here are some excerpts from the original 48 page document: Note that above, among the environmental organizations listed as part of the Rockefeller Brothers Tar Sands campaign are Greenpeace, Forest Ethics, WWF, the Sierra Club, the Indigenous... Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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$5.4 Million for Rainforest Solutions (ForestEthics, Sierra Club & Greenpeace) From the Hewlett Foundation & Packard Foundation
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Rainforest Solutions is a project of Tides Canada involving Forest Ethics, Greenpeace and the Sierra Club. Since 2000, the Hewlett Foundation and the Packard Foundation alone have granted $5.4 million for this project, as shown below. Some of the grants for this project were large, such as the $1.1 million... Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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Damage Control
From The Financial Post: One of the big American charitable funders of environmental campaigns in Canada and the U.S., the Oak Foundation, has rewritten the publicly stated purpose of several grants to Canadian environmental groups. Three days after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s March 29 budget announced a review of political... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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CBC: Eco Groups, Advocacy or Charity? With Brent Bambury
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Click here for Brent Bambury's interview with Tzeporah Berman, David Suzuki & me (Vivian). Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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U.S. Funding of David Suzuki Foundation: $13 Million (2000-2010) From 52% Down to 5%
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Published in The Financial Post: More than any other initiative in the 2012 federal budget, the one that struck a chord with Canadians is $8-million for the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to require greater transparency from non-profits with regard to their political activity and foreign funding. An Angus Reid poll... Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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Gregor Robertson's "Huge Concerns" on Supertankers in Burrard Inlet
In CBC's debate as part of the 2011 mayoral election campaign, Gregor Robertson was asked to state his position on the Kinder-Morgan pipeline that would triple the amount of oil shipping through Burrard Inlet. Mayor Gregor Robertson replied: "I do have huge concerns with cranking up the volume of oil... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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Typos in Revenue Canada's Database
As I have been going through lists of grants made by Canadian charitable foundations, I noticed some absolutely huge grants which, I'm guessing, were probably never made. Instead, the huge numbers are probably a by-product of the fact that Revenue Canada's database for non-profit organizations is based on manually entered... Continue reading
Posted Apr 23, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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How The Oak Foundation QUIETLY REWROTE A Grant For A Legislative Ban on Tanker Traffic in B.C.
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Back in November of 2010, the Oak Foundation granted $97,131 to the West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation to enact a legislative tanker ban on the north coast of B.C. The grant was for two years in duration, to be completed in October of 2012. At some point between April... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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$16 Million from the Oak Foundation to Environmental Campaigns Affecting Canada
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Since 2005, the Oak Foundation has granted at least $16 million for environmental campaigns affectecting Canada. The Oak Foundation has made at least eight grants specifically to tackle the Alberta oil industry, the Northern Gateway pipeline and the Canadian energy sector as a whole. The Oak Foundation has also made... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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Oak Foundation Grants Against Canadian Energy, and Specifically Against Enbridge
Since 2005, the U.S.-based Oak Foundation has made at least eight grants for $3 million for projects that are clearly intended to tackle the Canadian oil industry and/or stop the development of the Northern Gateway project. Four of these grants went to Tides Canada, two went to Greenpeace, one went... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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Tides Canada Paid $US900,000 by the Oak Foundation for Energy-Related Projects
Since 2005, the Oak Foundation has made four grants to Tides Canada for nearly $US900,000. The Oak Foundation has offices in Europe, Africa and the U.S. The foundation files U.S. tax returns. The Oak Foundation specifically funded Tides Canada to reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050. The Oak... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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$6 Million From the Oak Foundation for the Global Campaign for Climate Change
During 2009 and 2010, the Oak Foundation granted $6 million for the Global Campaign for Climate Action, based here in Canada. Who ultimately got the money? And how was it spent? $2.5 million in 2009. This grant specified that the $2.5 million was "To mobilise civil society and public opinion... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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QUIETLY REMOVED: On-Line Material About Political Activity & Advocacy
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By its own admission, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has been using Tides Canada as a vehicle through which to receive charitable donations because PETA itself doesn't qualify for charitable status. "Head up, Canadian!" wrote PETA at its web-site, adding, "For your retirement account, and donations and... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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$10 Million Granted to Living Oceans by American Foundations, Since 2000
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Living Oceans Society, based in the small, remote B.C. town of Sointula, has been paid more than $US10 million since 2000 by American charitable foundations, according to my analysis of U.S. tax returns and the on-line databases of these foundations. U.S. grants to LOS increased from $8,000 in 1999 to... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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80 Percent of Canadians Support Increased Scrutiny of Politically Active Charities, Angus Reid Poll Says
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More than any other initiative in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's 2012 budget, the one that struck a chord with Canadians is $8-million for the Canada Revenue Agency to require greater transparency from non-profits with regards to their political activity and foreign funding. An found that 80 percent of Canadians support... Continue reading
Posted Apr 17, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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My Appeal to David Suzuki
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"There is good science in the campaign of course. All campaigns at the David Suzuki Foundation begin with good science." - David Suzuki, May 2002 April 16, 2011 Dr. Suzuki, RE: Salmon Aquaculture This open letter re-iterates the appeal that I have been making to you for nearly five years,... Continue reading
Posted Apr 16, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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Open Letter To David Suzuki (#15)
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"There is good science in the campaign of course. All campaigns at the David Suzuki Foundation begin with good science." - David Suzuki, May 2002 April 16, 2012 Dr. Suzuki, For nearly five years, I have tried to inquire about your apparent involvement in marketing Alaskan wild fish by "demarketing"... Continue reading
Posted Apr 16, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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B.C. Wins Big In Budget
From today's Vancouver Sun: "B.C. was handed a major victory Thursday in a remarkably West-oriented federal budget that targeted three major barriers to resource industry growth - unnecessarily long and complicated environmental reviews, a skilled labour shortage, and opposition to the oilsands sector by environmental groups, the province's senior cabinet... Continue reading
Posted Mar 30, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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Canada To Spend $8 Million on More Scrutiny of Political Activity by Charities
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Today, as part of the 2012 budget, the federal government of Canada announced that it will provide the Canada Revenue Agency with $8 million over two years in order to ensure greater transparency and accountability on the part of charities, particularly those that are both politically active and are partially... Continue reading
Posted Mar 29, 2012 at Rethink Campaigns
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