There has been some great work done recently exposing the web of connections between the Canadian Conservative party and the Ethical Oil tar sands PR campaign.
See in particular the work by Emma Pullman and Deep Climate.
This builds on a post I wrote about former Ethical Oil front-man Alykhan Velshi, who curiously left the warm embrace of the party for a few months to poke his finger into various eyes before returning to the Prime Minister's Office.
For those of you looking for a simple way to represent these ties, here is a graphic that tries to capture some of the main ones uncovered so far. Please pass it around so that some daylight shines into this dirty business.
David Suzuki: Screw the Environment! The Pipeline Will Hurt Our Economy.
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I have also heard that this is the exact kind of control the Conservatives have in Alberta - where everyone is in someone else's pocket.
This whole thread you've done little than insult other people by spuriously claiming that they are inhuman monsters for opposing your position. Others (but not all) on this this thread have provided reasonable arguments to counter your "position". You on the other hand have done little to support your own argument. In one of your responses you correctly state that another user fell into using an ad hominem, but you yourself are guilty of a number of logical fallacies.
I'm not saying your position is wrong because of your apparent disregard for debate, but your position is weak. I'm not trying to harass you either, but you have been the most prolific abuser of logical fallacies on the board so far.
This has to be straight from the PMO, or The Colbert Report?
As for the promotional term "ethical oil" - I think it's pretty clear. It's a PR angle, of course, but it's an argument worth addressing for real rather than simply trying to misinterpret it to make it go away. Canada is a civilized country where the rule of law, the rights of all groups and the protection of the environment are taken seriously. That isn't true for some other oil producers.
Or conflict free diamonds?
same difference.
On the other hand …
I see every day that more and more Canadians are awakening to the massive grand mal campaign of mis-, dis- and false information. that Harper and his politburo are excreting.
I guess they have no logical arguments against ethical oil.
This article is not attempting to refute the arguments of the "ethical oil" crowd; there are plenty of other places where that is done quite effectively. This is about pointing out the hypocrisy of attacking the funding of other groups while being secretive about their own funding, and the outright falsehood of describing themselves as a grassroots organization.
american politics, except in fragments and which I admire. I have no idea why you should accept advice coming from me but I exhort you: GET RID OF HARPER AND HIS ILK, NOW!!
Although I love that we have 4 official parties up here, this past election made me realize that there might actually be some benefits to having a two party system.
Remember Adscam?
Don't forget your nickel.
Greg YanickThompson: "The $5.5-billiÂon Enbridge pipeline project is all about sending Alberta bitumen in huge oil tankers to China. Beijing’s own state enterpriseÂs are among the project’s major backers, and Beijing has been buying up Alberta’s oilpatch at such a dizzying pace lately it’s hard to keep up. In the spring of 2010, China’s state-owneÂd Sinopec Corp. took a $4.65-billÂion piece of Syncrude. Then the China Investment CorporatioÂn, which is run by the Chinese Communist Party, took possession of a $1.25-billÂon share of Penn West Petroleum. Last summer, the Chinese National Offshore Oil CorporatioÂn gobbled up Opti Canada for $2.34 billion. And so on.
Then, last month, Sinopec spent $2.2-billiÂon to take over Daylight Energy Ltd., and last week, Petro-ChinÂa, with the final push of $1.9 billion, became the owner and manager of the MacKay River oilsands project. This is what Ottawa doesn’t want you noticing.http://wwwÂ.ottawacitÂizen.com/tÂouch/storyÂ.html?id=5Â981230"
Then, last month, Sinopec spent $2.2-billion to take over Daylight Energy Ltd., and last week, Petro-China, with the final push of $1.9 billion, became the owner and manager of the MacKay River oilsands project. This is what Ottawa doesn’t want you noticing.http://www.ottawacitizen.com/touch/story.html?id=5981230