October 3, 2016
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#153 Pipeline Antics
When Jean Charest was a paid agent of an energy company he had a secret meeting with the government pipeline regulator, who then lied about it.

When Jean Charest was a paid agent of an energy company he had a secret meeting with the government pipeline regulator, who then lied about it. Mike De Souza reported it all for the National Observer. He and his publisher Linda Solomon Wood talk about their independent investigation.

Overview of Mike’s reporting on Energy East, Jean Charest and the National Energy Board (link).

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