Canadian ethics are not compromised by foreign investment
September 10th, 2012
This article first appeared on the Huffington Post Canada In the same week that China’s National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) applied for federal approval for its takeover of Canadian oil company, Nexen, Kuwait’s state-owned company was reported to have signed a deal with Canada’s Athabasca Oil Corp. That’s two countries, known for poor ethics, buying …
U.S. Conflict Oil Imports on the Rise
August 28th, 2012
After years of progress, things have taken a turn for the worse for American energy consumers — and for U.S. foreign policy: Once again, after years of declining OPEC imports, the United States is increasing its reliance on conflict oil from Saudi Arabia. A regime whose values are so at odds with what the U.S. …
Iran’s Conflict Oil brings us closer than ever to nuclear terror
August 23rd, 2012
Oil sands haters still cling to the lame claim that Canada’s oil is just as bad as any other source. Because, they maintain, our oil may have marginally higher carbon dioxide emissions than other sources (in fact, our oil is often tied, or occasionally better, than a lot of conflict oil in total wheel-to-well emissions), …
Chiquita CEO pays the price for attacking Canada’s ethical oil
August 22nd, 2012
Bananas are the third most popular fruit in the world. And no wonder: they’re delicious. So how do you take one of the biggest banana producing companies in the world and find a way to make its profits just… disappear? Here’s how: You hire Fernando Aguirre and let him alienate an export market of 33 …
Tides Canada: Political to its Core
August 8th, 2012
Mounting evidence suggests Tides Canada is blatantly violating Canadian charities law TORONTO – EthicalOil.org sent a letter of complaint to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) today calling for Tides Canada’s charitable status to be reviewed for violating Canada’s charities law. The CRA has strict rules that registered charities must follow in order to maintain their …
Time for Tides to stop taking advantage of Canadians
August 8th, 2012
Tides Canada president Ross McMillan says he’s seen “absolutely no evidence” that his supposed charity is involved in political activity. That’s what he told a Toronto lunch audience in June. On his organization’s charitable tax filings, Tides reports that it engages in “zero political activity.” McMillan is clearly willing to abuse the truth every bit …
Friday afternoon roundup
August 3rd, 2012
There has been a lot of news this week, so I thought I’d compile some weekend reading for our loyal blog readers with a Friday afternoon roundup. Thank you for your continued support of the work EthicalOil.org is doing. We couldn’t do it without you! Northern Gateway Pipeline: The Canadian Press is reporting this afternoon that …
Ethical Oil Coming to Gas Pumps in Ontario
July 30th, 2012
EthicalOil.org applauds the NEB for approving Line 9 pipeline reversal in southern Ontario TORONTO –Canada is taking concrete steps to choose ethical oil and lessen our reliance on imported conflict oil, with the news late Friday afternoon that the National Energy Board (NEB) has approved the application to reverse the flow of the Line 9 …
Ethical oil is too important for Clark to play games with
July 26th, 2012
Not that long ago, British Columbia was what Canadians refer to as a “have-not province” — that is, it was a net recipient of transfers from other provinces under the country’s equalization formula. It wasn’t a lot compared to what some other provinces received: a half billion dollars a year in 2006/2007, compared to nearly …
Whether CNOOC or Nexen, Oil Produced By Canadians is Ethical
July 24th, 2012
Canadians woke up Monday morning to the news that China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) had entered a definitive agreement to buy Canada-based Nexen Inc. for $15.1 billion. No longer content with minority stakes in Canadian oil companies and hungry for resources, China, through CNOOC, is looking to take their investment in Canada’s resource industry …
Justin Trudeau: Oil sands are “important” for Canada
July 18th, 2012
Though certain anti-oil lobby groups make it seem like there are profound divisions in this country over the oil sands, the truth is that, historically, the responsible development of Canada’s oil sands have been championed by both Liberal and Conservative governments. In fact, it’s the Liberals, under Jean Chrétien, who deserve much of the credit …
Anti-oil sands activists use Saudi censorship tactics
July 11th, 2012
On Tuesday EthicalOil.org released a video calling out LUSH Cosmetics for their ethical hypocrisy. For those of you not familiar with LUSH, they are a soap company that makes millions off of women and sells the sham that they’re champions of women. Yet in Saudi Arabia, where LUSH also does business, they remain silent, submitting to the Saudi …
Oil sands morality
July 6th, 2012
Father Raymond De Souza, columnist for the National Post recently visited Fort McMurray to see the oil sands up close. He joined Ezra Levant on the on The Source to talk about his trip and the morality of the oil sands.
Saudis still trying to censor Canadian speech
July 5th, 2012
On Tuesday, EthicalOil.org held its first annual OPEC Lobbyist of the Year Awards ceremony — despite the fact that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia tried to stop us. That’s right: The same thuggish autocracy that unleashed its lawyers on Canadian TV networks, threatening the broadcasters against airing our EthicalOil.org commercials, called the cops on us …
OPEC Lobbyist of the Year Awards Photos
July 3rd, 2012
To read more about today’s OPEC Lobbyist of the Year Awards ceremony, click here.
Massacres made possible by Russian conflict oil
July 2nd, 2012
Approximately 15,000 Syrians, mostly civilians, have been killed by the vicious war that Bashar al-Assad has waged against his own people. It’s a massacre made possible by conflict oil. We’ve already highlighted how diesel from OPEC member Venezuela has kept Assad’s war machine fueled and primed for slaughter, defying worldwide attempts to embargo the dictator. …
OPEC Lobbyist of the Year Awards
June 29th, 2012
Send us your nominations for your OPEC Lobbyist of the Year choice. Winners will be announced July 3!
Canada: Still not a petro-state
June 25th, 2012
This piece was submitted to ForeignPolicy.com in response to Adrienne Klasa’s June 15 blog post “Canada: The world’s newest petrostate isn’t playing nice anymore.” ______________________ The Iranian government depends on oil for more than a third of its revenues. In Qatar, oil income makes up 70% of government revenue. In Iraq and Kuwait, it’s more …
Canadian oil is ethical; exporting it would be good for the world
June 25th, 2012
This article originally appeared in The Hill Times on June 18 titled “Ethical Oil is ethical, says Ellerton.” – Sensible Canadians understand there’s a big difference between the virtual enslavement of women in Saudi Arabia and the hanging of gays in Iran on one hand, and a new budget rule here in Canada that, as …
Environmental progress? Forget Rio, Come to Fort Mac
June 22nd, 2012
This week a staggering 50,000 delegates from 190 countries descended on Rio for yet another conference in the name of wanting to help improve the environment. It’s been 20 years since the original Rio summit first spawned the Global Warming conference industry and even activists consider the effort “a pathetic failure,” as the Financial Post …
