J.D. Irving controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2017
Second CBC ombudsman complaint
A further complaint seeking restrictions on reporting about the Irving family was dismissed. The CBC ombudsman characterized the requested restriction as censorship.
2016
CBC ombudsman complaint over reporting
JDI sought to bar CBC reporter Jacques Poitras from reporting on the Irving family. The complaint was dismissed.
2015
Dispute with CBC over glyphosate reporting
JDI criticized a CBC report that mentioned glyphosate use by JDI and NB Power in the context of reporting on a New Brunswick public-health official. The company sought removal and a retraction, while CBC maintained its reporting.
2007
Irving Pulp & Paper green-liquor spill
A release of approximately 680,000 litres of green liquor entered the Saint John River. Irving Pulp & Paper pleaded guilty and was fined $50,000; investigators later searched the company's head office for further information.
2006
Concerns over New Brunswick media concentration
A Canadian Senate report identified New Brunswick as an unusually concentrated media market because of the Irving family's control of major English-language daily newspapers. Journalists and academics expressed concern that the group's industrial interests could receive insufficiently critical coverage.
1970
Irving Whale oil-spill controversy
The Irving Whale oil barge sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and continued to be associated with periodic oil releases until the wreck was raised by the federal government in 1996.