Conservative Party Heavyweight Orchestrated Oil-backed Friends of Science

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The DeSmogBlog has reported in the past the cozy connections between theBarry Cooper Friends of Science and Stephen Harperโ€™s Conservative Party. Now it appears that the pivotal person is also involved in trying to cover up the funding that he arranged for FOSโ€™s operations.

Charles Montgomery reported in the Globe and Mail today that University of Calgary Political Science Professor Dr. Barry Cooper played a lead role in wiping oil money clean through the University of Calgary and then passing it onto the โ€œgrassrootsโ€ Friends of Science.

(note: the story only appeared in the Globe’s print edition, but an online copy is available at the author’s own website here).

Dr. Cooper is a charter member of the โ€œCalgary School,โ€ a group of U of C professors credited with the rise of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the ruling Conservative Party of Canada. Cooper is also Stephen Harperโ€™s fishing buddy. Thatโ€™s no crime; every prime minister deserves at least one friend. It just gets worrisome when the friend acts like he has a guilty conscience, attempting to cover his tracks in an evident effort to influence governmentย policy.

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