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Company apologizes for anonymous campaign against chlorine plant

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Chemtrade Logistics Inc. facility in North Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.

An Ontario chemical company says it "should have been more transparent" about funding an anonymous online campaign against a chlorine plant in North Vancouver.

Instagram and Facebook ads from Keep North Vancouver Safe highlight concerns over Chemtrade's chemical production. In a written statement, Chemtrade vice-president Alan Robinson said chlorine produced at that plant is used to purify drinking water across the western United States and Canada.An online lobbying campaign targeting a North Vancouver chemical plant is secretly funded by one of that company's rivals, as revealed by a CBC News and Investigative Journalism Foundation investigation.

It proved controversial among elected officials, some of whom received hundreds of emails via the website.

 

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