Kathryn marshall, hamishs wife, was the spokesperson for the campaign. The other two principals in the company have deep connections to the harper government as well. In that regard, not only did they open themselves up to ethical retribution, but to potential criminal prosecution under both federal and local law. Now, ethical oil s major spokesperson is kathryn marshall, a political commentator and columnist for 24 hours vancouver whose husband, pollster hamish marshall was previously manager of strategic planning for the prime ministers office. Although hudema has never read levants book, he has debated. Now, ethical oils major spokesperson is kathryn marshall, a political. Join facebook to connect with kathryn marshall and others you may know. Were proud of our record when it comes to the environment and human rights, and were sick of being. The case for canadas oil sands is a book written by canadian. The ethical oil institute on oil sands emissions deep. Kathryn marshall employment lawyer, media commentator, columnist and. Kathryn marshall was velshis successor at ethical oil. Levants book, he has debated the merits of ethical oil with the author and. Greenpeace asks elections canada to investigate tory ties to.
How vivian krause became the poster child for canadas antienvironment crusade. This echoes barely veiled climate skeptic arguments in ezra levants 2009 book that started the whole ethical oil rebranding effort. Successfully recruited major prospects for donations and sponsorships and built and maintained relationships between the fraser institute and donors. View kathryn marshalls profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional.
Go newclears president and coo is hamish marshall, the husband of current ethical oil spokesperson kathryn marshall, and a former conservative campaigner, former pmo staffer and conservative strategist deeply connected to oil interests. Foreign special interests and their deep pocket puppets. In its letter, greenpeace notes that velshis successor at ethical oil was kathryn marshall, who is married to hamish marshall, a former strategic planning manager in the pmo. Canadians should be fighting back, ethical oil spokeswoman kathryn marshall says.
Ethical oil spokesperson kathryn marshall responded that the ethical nature of oil. When i hatched the idea to write a book about the use of spin and propaganda in the battle over the tar sands, a close friend of mine suggested i avoid the term tar sands. Oil industry wary of ethical oil slogan financial post. Employment lawyer, media commentator, columnist and founder of sayknowmore. Their guiding text is a book that has turned into a movement, the calgaryborn lawyer, sun news tv host and allaround gadfly ezra levants ethical oil. Sierra club executive director john bennett and ethical oil spokesperson kathryn marshall discuss the public hearings for the northern gateway. Yesterday, cbc, canadas national broadcaster, featured a segment on ethical oil in its popular morning radio show the current, and we were happy to be invited to participate, along with kathryn marshall, the spokesperson for and jody williams, a nobel peace prize winner, who has publicly come out against the tar sands. Inspired by conservative political pundit ezra levants book by the same name, the ethical oil website purports to encourage people, businesses and governments to choose ethical oil from canada, its oil sands and other liberal democracies. Astroturf ethical oil and conservative alliance to. Aguirre will ensure that his trucking fleet replaces ethical oil from canada with more conflict oil from opec countries. Ethical oil s credibility is further damaged by misleading statements concerning the supposedly tiny contribution of oil sands emissions when compared to total global human and natural emissions. In 2009, ezra levants bestselling book shakedown revealed the corruption of canadas human rights commissions and was declared the most important public. The ceo of a company with one of the most infamous corporate stories in american history would rather send his support to the tyrannical royals of saudi arabia and the abusive chavez regime in venezuela.
Greenpeace asks elections canada to investigate tory ties to ethical oil open this photo in gallery. The ethical oil institute started out as a joint project by ezra levant and alykhan velshi. Hamish marshall is married to ethicaloil spokeswoman kathryn marshall, who took over last fall when her predecessor alykhan velshi moved into the prime ministers. Through a series of articles and appearances in sunowned papers, the national post and. Torylinked ethical oil website slams canadian enviros. Greenpeace asks elections canada to investigate tory ties. Kathryn marshall, the spokesperson for enbridge, sorry, ethical oil, recently tried to use platform analysis of shells operations in nigeria to support their promotion of oil extracted from the land of democracy, neatly. When levant launched the ethical oil campaign to extol the virtues of canadianextracted petroleum, it was marshall who designed the online presence for the campaign, under his former business newclear productions. Kathryn marshall debates elizabeth may during the 2011 durban climate conference. New spokesperson kathryn marshall happens to be a strong supporter of albertas rightwing wildrose party, led by former fraser institute researcher and declared climate skeptic danielle smith. The website suggests that ethical oil is a fair trade alternative to conflict oil.
He makes excellent points from a humanitarian perspective but essentially ignores the environmental issues. Kathryn m marshall, oneel patel, gianni bramante, marie laval, mildred yim, graham s baldwin, arthur shulkes journal article 20 peptides glucocorticoidmediated inhibition of angiogenic changes in human endothelial cells is not caused by reductions in cell proliferation or migration. Perhaps, then, marshall will finally express ethical oil s antiagw position in a forthright manner. He has worked on organizing events that such as a debate between ben west wilderness committee and kathryn marshall ethical oil, as well as viridis an internationally recognized environmental movement. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. She has written essays for numerous publications, including the wall street journal, the new criterion, the public interest, the weekly standard, and the washington post magazine, and her fiction has appeared in the atlantic monthly. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. The ethical oil echo chamber was built in 2010, after the release of ezra levants book of the same name. Andrew scheers ties to rebel media are now impossible to deny. In 2009, ezra levants bestselling book shakedown revealed the corruption of canadas human rights commissions and was declared the most important public affairs book. Levants argument lined up with the heart of his 2010 book, ethical oil. The case for canadas oil sands was worth the price of the book all by itself. In his book ethical oil, ezra levant raises an important point about the moral implications of products and activities in the global economy.
Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. A short history of greenwashing the tar sands, part 1 read time. The founders of ethical oil, and opechatesgays, are hamish marshall and his wife, kathryn marshall. I congratulate the author for beginning with a delightful trick. Ethical oil s new spokesperson kathryn marshall authored on huffington post a piece titled care about womens rights. Ethical definition, pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality. Marshall is married to hamish marshall, harpers former strategic planning manager. The website suggests that ethical oil is a fair trade alternative to conflict oil exploited in some of our worlds more politically oppressive and. I applaud the move to raise ethics to greater prominence in discussions around trade and economics.
Despite describing herself as a student in an interview on cbc during her role as ethical oil spokesperson, marshall. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover kathryn s connections and jobs at similar companies. Who at ethical oil really cares for anyones rights. Velshi handed off the ethical oil baton to a 26year old conservative law student at the university of calgary named kathryn marshall this past fall.
Read this indepth report from exposing more connections between astroturf group and the harper conservatives. A remix to include a few of those foreign special interests not mentioned in the original news broadcast, as ethical oil spokesy kathryn marshall strives mightily eight times. Screen grab of ethical oil spokesperson kathryn marshall during an interview with the cbc. The spokeswoman for, kathryn marshall, says the organization has no specific target audience, however.
Tiago is also an active participant in churchill youth4tap, youth4action, get. The premise that canadian oil sands production is ethical is based on the argument the canadian government does not do these things to people in canada. Canadian lawyers profile of kathryn marshall during her time with ethical oil. Alykhan velshis successor at ethical oil was kathryn marshall, married to hamish marshall, a former strategic planner in the pmo of canada. Ethical oil, a wellknown prooil sands group supported by the industry and linked to. As donald gutstein writes, sun papers prominently featured three excerpts from levants book, giving it national exposure.
Youll recall ethical oils kathryn marshall, formerly of the kochfunded fraser institute. The views portrayed by the ethical oil institute closely follow those presented in ezra levants 2010 book ethical oil. Torylinked ethical oil website slams canadian enviros over. View the profiles of people named kathryn marshall. Enbridge are fighting tooth and nail against massive communityled resistance to their tar sands pipeline plans. The ethical oil book is based on the premise that many of the opec nations are guilty of various unethical acts against their populations. She was also married to hamish marshall, a former strategic planner in the prime ministers office of canada at the time and future rebel media board member. Marshall believes it is hypocritical for the company to not use oil products originating from canada while publicly supporting oil producing. Greenpeace calls for elections canada probe of ethical oil. The ethical oil argument is based on a false choice fallacy and red herrings, while the chiquita boycott is at best an ad hominem. If you have an argument for why alberta oil is good on its own merits, then make that argument. As the muscle behind proalberta oilsands web site, 26yearold kathryn marshall in december organized a national boycott that damaged chiquitas market share north of the 48th parallel. Diana west writes a weekly column that appears in many newspapers, including the washington times every friday.
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