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“Go Newclear‘s principals include Brendan Jones, who according to their website was ‘the creative force behind the television and digital campaigns during the 2006, 2008, and 2011 elections,’ and Hamish Marshall, who was the ‘Manager of Strategic Planning in the Office of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, where he was involved in the strategy behind the “Not a Leader” campaign.’
“Hamish Marshall is also, according to Desmog’s Emma Pullman, ‘the husband of current Ethical Oil spokesperson Kathryn Marshall, and a former Conservative campaigner, former PMO staffer and Conservative strategist deeply connected to oil interests,’ while Jones ‘worked as a website administrator for the Office of the Leader of the Opposition from August 2005-February 2006. Following Harper’s election, he worked as the special assistant for the Prime Minister from February 2006-November 2007. Jones then moved to the Conservative Resources Group, or Conservative Caucus Research Bureau, an agency responsible for developing political communication products, branding and marketing decisions and liaising between the federal Conservative caucus and Prime Minister’s Office, until 2009.’
“Additional details concerning Go Newclear can be found here. According to The Globe and Mail, Greenpeace says ‘Go Newclear productions created and host websites for Ethical Oil, and Conservative cabinet ministers Joe Oliver, Pierre Poilievre, and Jason Kenney.’ In other words, the agency is linked to the highest echelons of the Conservative Party, if not directly to the Prime Minister’s Office itself.”
