Promoters of the Alberta tar sands suggest customers for the product almost have a moral obligation to buy it. Their term is “ethical oil.” We hear the refrain from an assortment of politicians, journalists and business executives, chief among them Alberta premier Jason Kenney. The oil of many of our
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Alberta Politics: Alberta chases multi-billion-dollar deal with Saudis, never mind what Jason Kenney used to say about them
Now that Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party is desperately trying to a do a deal with a Saudi Arabian company to build a petrochemical plant in Alberta, I wonder how long it will take before some clever environmentalist in Quebec or British Columbia says they don’t want no stinkin’ “dictator
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Quebec premier vows drive to slash oil use; Alberta premier calls climate worry ‘flavour of the month’
Over the weekend, Quebec Premier François Legault vowed to implement an ambitious electrification drive that would reduce the province’s use of oil by 40 per cent by 2030, which in case you’re not counting happens to be in only 11 years. Quebec will electrify transportation systems, buildings and businesses to
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Will Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic tantrum provoke a moment of cognitive dissonance for Canada’s ‘ethical oil’ crowd?
Saudi Arabia has given the Canadian ambassador 24 hours to pack his bags and go home because, the Saudi Foreign Ministry complains, Canada is meddling in the internal affairs of the oil-soaked feudal theocracy by expressing concern in Tweets about its arrests of human rights activists, clerics and journalists. Last
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Ethical Oil Complaint To Canadian Judicial Council Fails: Judge Ducharme Off Hook For For Participating In David Suzuki Mock Trial
Ezra and Co. (young Amanda) try to soften their defeat by marking up the document with snarky liner notes CJC Response to Complaint Against Justice Todd Ducharme …but if they had really won they would have been singing the decision to the high heavens for the past week. And
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Gruending On The CRA Audits
From his latest: The government, however, has sent unmistakable signals that it wants a crackdown. Recent federal budgets have provided the CRA with an additional $13 million in special funding to undertake such audits at a time when the government was slashing the CRA’s budget by $250 million over three
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Harper’s Reign Of Terror – Part Six
The latest installment of this series illustrating the Harper regime’s subversion of the Canada Revenue Agency to punish nonprofits for opposing government policies also demonstrates its pathologically secretive nature. The following was recently reported in The Globe and Mail: Since Ottawa first started cracking down on political activities among charities
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: When Did the Government of Canada Become the Government of Alykan Velshi?
When British Member of Parliament George Galloway was barred from entering Canada in March of 2009, because he worked for a relief agency that provided food and medication to Gaza, it was discovered that Conservative staffer, Alykan Velshi, was behind the move. Galloway was painted as a terrorist, and threatened
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: X Ethical Oil SpokesThing Running For Tim Hudak
Jamie Ellerton, his name is, and he’s running down in Parkdale High-Park. Click through link below for more on him: @SunNewsNetwork @JEllerton The old ED for @Ethical_Oil is running for Tim Hudak? The BCLSB file on him: http://t.co/HSuMHixehL #onpoli— Bigcitylib (@Bigcitylib2) May 31, 2014 His bio is interesting: As the Executive
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: We Stand On Guard Against Thee
If you are a member or supporter of the Harper regime, who is Thee? The list is long, but let’s start with environmental organizations that have previously been labelled as terrorists. The latest weapon in this war against dissenting voices, voices the Harper cabal has shown remarkably little tolerance for
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: UPDATED: Ethical Oil calls Neil Young ‘IndianIgnorant’
Ezra and crew created the racist hashtag #IndianIgnorant for Neil Young. Then they deleted it when they realized their own racism. This is what we’re up against. It’s not just Licia Corbella and the Conservative press. It’s assholes like Vivian Krause, who take money from oil companies to do their bidding. It’s Ezra Levant and
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Ethical Oil calls Neil Young ‘Ignorant Indian’
Ezra and crew created the hashtag #ignorantindian for Neil Young. Then they deleted it when people complained. This is what we’re up against. It’s not just Licia Corbella and the Conservative press. It’s assholes like Vivian Krause, who take money from oil companies to do their bidding. It’s Ezra Levant
Continue readingAlberta Diary: ‘Ethical Cannabis’: Is it time to make … ‘The Case for B.C. Bud’?
Who would’ve thought we’d find a suitable reference to Riders Nation and Ethical Cannabis in one photograph? But courtesy the Calgary Sun, there it is! Note the hat, bottom right. Just saying. Below: Some guy standing in front of Rob Ford’s office. Those of us who don’t regularly wear melons
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Ethical Oil’s Troubled Relaunch Runs Afoul Of Fatboy Slim
Slowly, slowly, after many months of inactivity, tar-sands promoting lobbying thingy EthicalOil.org has been trying to reboot. Amanda Achtman has become their media contact, and they’ve attempted a few (guest) posts on their website. Furthermore, last month Amanda put together a “Social Oil” youtube video, which was announced to some fan-fare. But
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Ethical Oil: Its Purpose Served?
The site has been inactive (other than intermittent messages to twitter) since October of last year. Now the its gone down entirely. For good?
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Ethical Oil–Still Dead?
Back in December 2012, former Executive Director of the Ethical Oil Institute Jamie Ellerton wrote:I remain with Ethical Oil as the part-time spokesperson. Stay tuned for what’s to come in the new year. Four months into the new year, and the stench of death still envelopes their website. E-mails to Jamie (last one
Continue readingAlberta Diary: With Liberals in rear-view mirror, conservative deep thinkers ponder greener look
Your blogger offers Preston Manning a couple of big ideas for conservatives to think about. Below: Liberal Justin Trudeau, pollster Andre Turcotte. OTTAWA While the Forum Research polling company was proclaiming that if an election were held today, Justin Trudeau would be prime minister, conservatives of an assortment of exotic
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Ahoy there, matey! Talk about maritime disasters! Trapped on a CAPP-sized banana boat with Ezra Levant!
The captain of the the MV Zuiderdam tells Michael Coren, right, to fetch him a cup of Starbucks. Sun News Network tour group hosts may not appear exactly as illustrated. But you’ve got to admit it’s a pretty good likeness! Below: a sample of unethical oil. Call me Ishmael! Would
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: More On Obama Delaying Keystone
This story has not had much pickup, esp. in the Canuck Media. But the Omaha World-Herald seems convinced of its provenance: An Obama administration official indicated Friday that no decision will be made on the [Keystone XL Gateway] pipeline until at least June. If true, its probably the most important
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Calling The Canadian Revenue Agency. Hellooo? Hellloooo?
The Fraser Institute continues to take ($150,000) in Koch Brothers money, and claims zero political activity in 2011. If the Sierra Club is in violation, you would think Fraser would be. Mind you, its probably not enough to bitch. Someone would probably have to lodge a complaint with the Compliance Division
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