By  Matt Simmons, Mike De Souza  The Narwhalé  Local Journalism Initiative  26/06/2024 18:07 B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma has asked a provincial watchdog to look into a series of bold claims about how an executive at a Canadian oil and gas giant — and former BC NDP political staffer — claimed the company had leveraged political connections to persuade the provincial government to significantly weaken its environmental policies. “We’ve been given opportunities to write entire briefing notes for ministers and premiers and prime ministers,” a TC Energy executive was recorded saying in a leaked tape from March 2024, adding that sometimes “overworked and underpaid” public servants “just want the job done for them.” The executive in question is Liam Iliffe, a former chief of staff to ex-premier John Horgan. Iliffe

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