{"id":559235,"date":"2022-03-16T15:41:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/?p=32754"},"modified":"2022-03-16T15:41:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:41:00","slug":"gaslighting-for-oil-and-gas-premier-kenney-tries-to-sell-an-alternate-reality-in-his-legal-defense-against-the-defamation-case-launched-by-environmental-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/03\/16\/gaslighting-for-oil-and-gas-premier-kenney-tries-to-sell-an-alternate-reality-in-his-legal-defense-against-the-defamation-case-launched-by-environmental-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaslighting for oil and gas: Premier Kenney tries to sell an alternate reality in his legal defense against the defamation case launched by environmental groups"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On March 9th, Premier Kenney\u2019s legal team filed his statement of defense<\/a> with the Court of Queen\u2019s Bench of Alberta in response to the defamation case brought against him and the Alberta government by Environmental Defence and five other environmental organizations. In short, the defense is <\/span>that Premier Kenney and the Alberta government were not referring to <\/b>our environmental organizations<\/u> when he claimed an Inquiry found environmental groups spread misinformation. <\/b>More on this bizarre defense in a moment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why We Took Legal Action Against Premier Kenney<\/b><\/h3>\n

We took legal action because the Alberta government and the Premier have stated on their website and in social media posts that the Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns concluded that our environmental organizations conducted multi-year misinformation campaigns against the Alberta oil and gas industry.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the truth is quite the opposite<\/b>. In fact the Inquiry’s final report concluded that:<\/span><\/p>\n