[troutman]

Originally Posted by peter12

Where is evidence that he is a paid shill? I know that he has been paid to speak for oil & gas at conventions and AGMS (I have attended a couple of his talks - not very good), but I think it is a bit disingenuous to say he is a paid shill.

https://www.canadalandshow.com/rex-m...st-responds-0/

Rex Murphy has been paid to speak for Oil Sands companies, upwards of an estimated 25 times in the last five years [as of 2014], at a rate as high as $30,000 a pop, all the while using his pulpit at The National and his column at The National Post to beat the drum for the interests of these same companies. The question is, now that everybody knows about this, what will the CBC and the Post do about it?

http://www.institutbroadbent.ca/rex_..._with_benefits

Murphy's "Climate Change 101," a lecture to students at the University of Calgary, was reportedly organized by an anti-climate change group called "Friends of Science." Postmedia News reported that the group received funding from Talisman Energy.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dail...205608575.html

Critics are calling out the Newfoundlander, alleging a conflict of interest between his role as a freelance pundit for the public broadcaster and his paid speaking gigs before audiences of energy industry bigwigs.


The CBC is backing Murphy but the Vancouver Observer reports the corporation is looking at new rules requiring freelancers like Murphy to disclose their speaking fees.

He is also a shameless climate change denier.