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OTTAWA - Efforts to silence an advertising campaign about Saudi Arabian oil before it re-airs in Canada have succeeded in keeping the ads off of CTV News Channel.
QMI Agency has acquired an e-mail that indicates the broadcaster cancelled a booking for an Ethicaloil.org ad campaign that presents Saudi Arabian oil as an 'unethical' energy choice...
The ads have raised the ire of the Saudi government because they equate buying Saudi oil with helping fund a kingdom that oppresses women
Originally posted by answerisquestion
nice to see you have the rebuttals and links ready about the tar sands...what about the oppression going in Canada and the US??? from natives to poor people to middle class...where is the link to a website saying it is OK
Originally posted by Konstantinos
reply to post by TheComte
Since when was QMI agency a right-wing neo-conservative hack job?
ethicaloil.org might be, I can't say I know enough about them.
But QMI? I don't think so...
Let me re-iterate, that the point of the thread is Saudi influence over Canadian media, not necessarily the validity of the oil-sands as an alternative resource.
Personally, I do think that it is viable, providing all standards and regulations are met (see Deloitte link above), but again that is merely my side-opinion to the story.
Originally posted by answerisquestion
reply to post by Konstantinos
you seem to know a lot about the tar sands for a guy who just started to research it...just saying...here I will give you a tip if you want to get people behind the tar sands project you should have went with a post like why are we fighting in Lybia for the oil when we have it in our own backyard...or something like that...
you want a choice or answer that will include no evil...stop subsidizing big oil with billions and help people finance electric cars at a cost of about $100 per month since vehicles take 70% of the oil
Originally posted by Konstantinos
reply to post by answerisquestion
No the post is to point out the outrage that a foreign nation can dictate to us what we can and cannot broadcast to our public.
Originally posted by yourmaker
Didn't they just execute someone for 'Sorcery" in Saudi Arabia?
Our allies....edit on 20-9-2011 by yourmaker because: (no reason given)