Conflict and oppression on the OPEC summit agenda. Again.
June 14th, 2012
It’s that time of year again, when the world’s most reprehensible club gathers to plan how they might manipulate world oil prices and the global economy in order to benefit themselves and their brutal, undemocratic regimes. That’s right: today is the start of another OPEC summit. There’s a lot to discuss this time. As usual, …
Environmental Defence deserves free speech; not free subsidies
June 12th, 2012
When Canada’s tax regulators announce they’re going to monitor our system more carefully for rule-breakers, most Canadians instantly recognize it as a good thing. Only the rule breakers themselves, naturally, squawk. Those of us who are careful to abide by the laws and requirements of our tax code clearly value playing fair. Those who bend …
The oil industry: Good for all Canadians
June 11th, 2012
While some politicians — *cough, Thomas Mulcair, cough* — spread disinformation and unfounded economic assertions about the oil sands having a negative effect on Canada’s economy, a report an Ottawa think tank demonstrates how the oil industry is benefiting Canadians across the country. The study from the independent Macdonald-Laurier Institute determines that the economic benefits …
Boycott Bath Bombs! Lush attacks Canadian jobs
June 7th, 2012
Last week, U.K.-based Lush Cosmetics announced that it would begin turning its Canadian stores into anti-oil sands outlets, peddling exaggerated and fabricated tales alongside a variety of odiferous bath products. “The more pipelines that get approved, the more barrels of oil will be produced. It’s part of ramping up production of the tar sands,” said …
Ethical resources are getting attention
June 6th, 2012
When the term Ethical Oil began to catch on among Canadians — and Americans — who intrinsically recognized the importance of oil produced in a country free of human rights abuses, institutionalized misogyny, and terror support, the anti-oil sands critics tried laughing it off. Oil couldn’t possibly be ethical, they harrumphed — no matter where …
Ethical Oil invited to House of Commons Finance Committee
May 29th, 2012
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance invited Ethical Oil to appear before the committee as a witness to address Bill C-38, the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act. Below is EthicalOil.org’s Executive Director Jamie Ellerton’s opening statement to the committee on May 28. ____________________________________________________________ Good evening Mr. Chairman. My name is Jamie Ellerton and …
Reverse the Line 9 Pipeline and support refining jobs in Ontario.
May 28th, 2012
If Canada has the third largest deposit of oil reserves in the world, why are we importing it from Nigeria, Venezuela and other OPEC tyrants? Canada has so much oil that we could literally sustain ourselves for centuries. Yet, believe it or not, the bulk of oil and gasoline Canadians buy in Ontario and Quebec is imported …
ForestEthics isn’t in Canada’s “national interest”
May 24th, 2012
It might seem strange that the anti-oil sands fanatics at Forest Ethics would want to draw attention to the size of international investment flowing into the oil sands. Forest Ethics thinks it’s a problem, suggesting in a publication that investment coming to Canada might not be in our “national interest.” This from a foreign-controlled group that …
Thomas Mulcair can’t see the difference between Canada and Nigeria
May 18th, 2012
In his increasingly reckless attack on Western Canadian energy producers and workers, the NDP’s Thomas Mulcair yesterday compared Canada’s Ethical Oil industry, employing thousands of decent and hard working Canadians, to the impoverished and corruption riddled Nigeria. Canadians everywhere implicitly understand the difference between ethically produced Canadian oil and conflict oil from corrupt, abusive OPEC …
Confidential government document exposes Saudi attempt to silence
May 13th, 2012
A Confidential government document released by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade through ATIP reveals that Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Canada requested to meet with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird and complaining about EthicalOil.org was on the agenda. Given the rest of the briefing note was filled with diplomatic filler, the kind of …
Obama comes clean on Keystone
May 4th, 2012
When U.S. president Barack Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline proposal last fall, the anti-oil sands lobby called it a victory. They claimed that the rejection was a spectacular blow against the oil sands, and that it would change the world. The decision to shelve the proposal, gushed Hollywood activist Robert Redford, “represents a victory …
Will Dole cave to ForestEthics anti-Canadian boycott bullying?
May 4th, 2012
The former United Fruit Company, which goes by the name Chiquita these days, has been learning a painful lesson about listening to the anti-oil fruitcakes at the American group, ForestEthics. Chiquita might think twice before making that mistake again. The question is: Will Dole? Dole produces bananas too, but it doesn’t have a corporate history …
You can’t take politics — or Suzuki — out of Suzuki’s Foundation
April 30th, 2012
David Suzuki recently resigned as a director of the board of his eponymous foundation as a way, he said, of ensuring that his own political opinions and activities didn’t get the David Suzuki Foundation in trouble. His resignation was in response to the federal government’s recent announcement that it would be paying closer attention to …
Time to Investigate: David Suzuki Foundation
April 25th, 2012
Canada Revenue Agency needs to review the David Suzuki Foundaiton’s charitable status OTTAWA – Given the mounting evidence of political and partisan activity the David Suzuki Foundation engages in, on April 24 EthicalOil.org wrote to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) calling for the environmental lobby group’s charitable status to be reviewed. The CRA clearly states that …
A Saudi princess agrees with Ethical Oil
April 23rd, 2012
Remember when Saudi Arabia sent its lawyers after Canadian television networks over our Ethical Oil television commercial? The Saudis didn’t like the fact that our ad pointed out that North American imports of Saudi conflict oil helped fund the repression of women in that medieval desert kingdom. In Saudi Arabia, we plainly pointed out, women …
Budget charity rules aren’t “war”; just fair play
April 21st, 2012
Let’s be clear about what the federal Conservative government actually said about registered charities in its recently tabled 2012 budget: there are rules, federal finance minister Jim Flaherty reminded Canadians, about charities engaging in political activities. And under the Income Tax Act charities can devote only “a limited amount of their resources to non-partisan political …
CRA Rules governing charities’ political activities
April 19th, 2012
Following Ethical Oil’s Our Decision.ca campaign to expose the radical foreign funded environmental groups activities attacking Canada’s ethical oil and industry, the Federal Government has responded. In Budget 2012 the Feds announced they will be devoting $8 million to the enforce existing charities law and clamp down on charities engaged in partisan and excessive political activity. …
Smartening up a flawed approval process
April 18th, 2012
Government efficiency is supposed to be a good thing. But if you’re an anti-development environmental group, an efficient, effective federal government is your worst enemy. The last thing that anti-oil groups like Environmental Defence really want is Ottawa making smart, streamlined decisions about new energy projects. So it’s no surprise they’re freaking out about the …
Canadians support budget’s new charity rules
April 11th, 2012
It turns out that getting rid of the penny was one of the more popular features of the recent federal budget: 68% of Canadians liked the idea, according to an Angus-Reid poll. But the most popular budget item was Ottawa’s plan to keep a closer eye on groups who enjoy charitable status but use the …
Keep boycotting Chiquita — it’s working!
April 2nd, 2012
It’s been more than three months since EthicalOil.org and thousands of proud Canadians joined together to call for a consumer boycott against Chiquita after that company agreed to participate in a boycott of its own: against Canada’s ethical oil. According to a report in The Economist, Chiquita is paying the price. “This may have pleased …
