Justin Trudeau just slapped a gag order on the oil patch
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's latest piece of censorship legislation makes promoting Canadian oil and gas illegal. It would be subject to a false advertising label under the Competition Act.
Meanwhile, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is contemplating the nuclear option: a Sovereignty Act motion to counter federal overreach.
Major industry advocates have since gone silent when Canada needs their voices against this censorship most.
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers has scrubbed their internet presence. As have other organizations.
"The Big Tobacco moment has finally arrived for Big Oil," he says, introducing a bill that would make it illegal to "falsely promote the burning of fossil fuels as a benefit to the public." - NDP MP Charlie Angus.https://t.co/jvF8CGs3rE pic.twitter.com/C3WSkx4JcR
— Rebel News Canada (@RebelNews_CA) February 7, 2024
Pathways Alliance pulled down their website over uncertainty caused by the Trudeau's gag order on truth tellers -- my words, not theirs.
What does all of this mean for people who trumpet the value of fossil fuels in our modern, convenient lifestyle?
What happened to the people like my guest tonight who have made it their life's work to extol the virtues of oil and gas in economic reconciliation with Canada's indigenous peoples?
Bill C-59, which imposes hefty fines on oil and gas companies for making environmental or social assertions, has been condemned as 'absurd authoritarian censorship'.
— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) June 21, 2024
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GUEST: Robbie Picard, from Oilsands Strong and Oil and Gas World Magazine, discusses Bill C-59, a censorship law targeting oil and gas.

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