Head of Canadian Energy Centre apologizes for tweets

Feb 13, 2020 | 9:32 AM

The head of Alberta’s 30-million-dollar a-year energy war room is apologizing after the organization posted a social media response to a New York Times article that questioned the newspaper’s credibility.

The Canadian Energy Centre’s Twitter account said The Times has been called out for anti-Semitism, has a “dodgy” track record, is routinely accused of bias and is not the most dependable source.

Four of the tweets were then deleted from a thread posted in response to a Times article on international lenders that have stopped financing oil sands projects.

The centre was promised by Premier Jason Kenney to promote the energy industry and fire back against what the United Conservative government deems to be misinformation.