Is There a Climate Denial Tactic in Canada?

The main tactic to discredit environmental groups in Canada is, is to claim that they're all part of this huge US led conspiracy. The tar sands province of Alberta spent like $2 million on a government led inquiry into major environmental groups and whether they were acting on behalf of foreign interests. This just mimics the climate denial tactic in so many ways, which is like, we can't win against these environmental groups on the merit of our arguments because they're right.