Alykhan Velshi, Former Tory PR Guru, Sells Oil Sands As 'Ethical Oil'

First Posted: 07/28/11 11:04 AM ET Updated: 09/27/11 06:12 AM ET

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The Globe and Mail:

Alykhan Velshi, a 27-year-old who established himself in Ottawa as a master of messaging and a crucial cog in the Conservative machine, has a new job. ... [His new ad campaign argues] that Canada's oil generates taxable revenues that are used to help fund "democracy," "peacekeeping" and even Pride Day parades for gays and lesbians....

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Alykhan Velshi: There Is Such a Thing as 'Ethical Oil'

Most people don't think about oil as something that can be ethical. They should. Many of us drink fair trade coffee because we like that it's produced ethically; we don't want to wear clothes made using child labour; and we try to eat poultry that is raised humanely. Surely the same logic applies to oil.