‘Among the worst in the world’: environmental advocates slam outsized oil and gas company influence in Canada’s COP27 delegation

The official Canadian delegation to the 27th UN Climate Conference is made up of approximately 335 people, but one critic says many civil society representatives have had to find their own way to Egypt.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, seen here on Sept. 15, is leading Canada's 300-plus person official delegation to COP27 in Egypt from Nov. 6 to Nov. 18.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

November 10, 2022

Canadian environmentalists are decrying Ottawa's "embarrassing" decision to include too many fossil fuel industry representatives in its official COP27 delegation, saying that presence is also visible in Canada Pavilion programming. Meanwhile, one industry representative says any solution to the cli...

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