Comments on: EthicalOil.org launches ad campaign that reveals foreign interests sabotaging Canada’s economy

By: Mackaypi

Mackaypi — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:58:00 +0000

I just returned from holidays and have been busy reading old newspapers that piled up while my wife and I were away. I ran across your add in the Smithers Interior News dated Jan.4th,2012 and like what I saw. Its to the point and tells those who don’t seem to understand that it is OUR decision, not one tarnished with what outside interest seem to think is best for us. thank you for telling it how it is. I am donating to your cause because I feel so strongly. Thank you again.

Dennis MacKAY, Smithers, B.C/

By: Dgoalder

Dgoalder — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:47:00 +0000

So is an oil spill in salmon waters.

By: Dial 1 800 Oil Spill

Dial 1 800 Oil Spill — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:48:00 +0000

likely because our fearless leader has less than 40% of the population of this country on his side… that’s 60% who don’t want anything to do with him… seems a bit odd the math on this one but hey…

By: Tarik Belarbi

Tarik Belarbi — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:33:00 +0000

Can someone tell me who the “Foreign special interests” are, who “are paying millions of dollars to sabotage” Canada Energy’s Industry” ???

By: smcleod

smcleod — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:02:00 +0000

Sa-matter Bart.. don’t like light showing the little corporate scam the green industry has become..

Hows about telling us how much Saudi and cancerous Hugo has shiiled out to your little astro-turf organizations…

By: Bartholomew

Bartholomew — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:37:00 +0000

“Ethical Oil” is nothing more than a public relations smokescreen. Oil extracted on Canadian soil is no less polluting than oil extracted from Saudi Arabian soil. “Ethics” do not magically cleanse oil of its intrinsic filthiness. “Ethics” will not reduce the amount of pollutants that refined oil products emit when they are burned. The laws of physics and chemistry are not affected by “ethics”.

Tobacco is grown on Canadian soil as well. Perhaps we should start marketing Export A, Du Maurier, and Peter Jackson as “ethical” cigarettes. Why worry about lung cancer, emphysema, heart disease, strokes, etc. when you’ve got “ethics” on your side?

By: Jonathan Waldie

Jonathan Waldie — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:27:00 +0000

Last time I checked, Canada is a democratic nation, in fact, we just had an election and Harper was elected with a majority, what gives the enviro nut cases the right to suggest they know better than our elected leaders. Talk about arrogance!! I wouldn’t blame Harper if he just cancelled the hearings and unilaterally approved the pipeline in the interest of the Canadian economy. In reality, it’s elected officials who are on the line….these foreign funded enviro nuts have no legitimate standing, and are a threat to our way of life….good riddance to you all.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:25:00 +0000

They love the environment so much they would send more production to the very places that care the least about it…HYPOCRITS!!

By: WTF55

WTF55 — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:22:00 +0000

JD Obviously you have no idea what you are talking about. BN is absolutely right. Did you know that Exxon/Esso had two hundred plus prefabricated modules- that’s how they build plants these days – of their plant built in South Korea, shipped them to the United States and that they are now held up in the States because they are too big to ship by road to Ft Mac?. Did you also know that they are spending an average $500,000.00 per unit to cut them in half, then ship them and reassemble them in Ft Mac? Believe me JD, there is a lot more foreign investment in our Oil Sands than you can fathom or want to believe. Please do some reading on the subject before writing further.

By: WTF55

WTF55 — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:12:00 +0000

You have it partly right.China does have a large stake in the oilsands as does Japan, the United States -read Exxon or Esso as well as many others through partnerships and operating and development agreements. What I find difficult is that you are unable to make a key distinction between oil and tar. tar is actually a derivative of coal.Though the in-situ bitumen may resemble tar that is only due to its viscosity