Canadian Energy Centre controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
Bigfootgate
The CEC’s campaign against Netflix’s Bigfoot Family drew national and international attention and prompted questions about the organization’s spending, priorities, and role in public communications.
2021
Freedom-of-information dispute
A request for information about CEC contracting was denied because the corporation was treated as outside Alberta’s general freedom-of-information regime. An adjudicator later found that it was not a provincial government office or branch for that purpose.
2020
Twitter response to The New York Times
The centre deleted a hostile Twitter thread criticizing a New York Times article, and CEO Tom Olsen apologized for the tone.
2019
Logo similarity controversy
The original CEC logo was publicly compared with Progress Software’s trademarked logo and was withdrawn. A replacement was later criticized by ATK Technologies as resembling the Alpha Browser logo.