Shawn L. Bird

I don’t think corporate greed should put life at risk.  I think longevity and a healthy environment to support it are more important than short term gains.  I don’t like that our political cartoonists can be gagged.

At present in BC, a war is raging between Enbridge, which wants to put a pipeline across the province and bring in super-tankers to haul oil to China, and a growing number of people who don’t feel the short term economic gain is worth the potential risk to the environment.

Enbridge has a terrible record for spills along their pipelines, and the coast at the proposed location is a tricky channel that is crucial to the food fishery. Enbridge has already tried to mislead the public on the safety of that, but they were caught.  (See the misleading ad here) In short, we’re offered a few construction jobs versus destruction of a few crucial eco-systems with devastating long term effects.

Long time political cartoonist Dan Murphy created  a satirical video about the issue.  It was posted on the Vancouver Province website.  Three hours later, Enbridge demanded that it be taken down.  Here’s an article from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation about Dan Murphy and the incident.

Here is the video Enbridge didn’t want you to see.  Please share!

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It’s obviously a parody, which is legal use.  It’s also damningly funny.  Well done, Dan Murphy, well done.