He floated banning fossil fuel ads in Canada. Then came the threats.
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"MP Charlie Angus says his proposed Fossil Fuel Advertising Act is designed to take on "the lies" of oil and gas, in much the same way parliament zeroed in on Big Tobacco decades ago
BY NATALIE ALCOBA - MAY 13, 2024
EXCERPT: "The backlash told Charlie Angus he was on to something. In February, the long-time member of Parliament unveiled what is arguably the most aggressive attempt to date to combat greenwashing in Canada: a private member’s bill to ban misleading fossil fuel advertising.
The criticism and attacks roared in from Freedom Convoy leaders, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who slammed it as “censorship.” For two weeks, Angus’s office was inundated with calls from people hurling slurs at him and threatening death – including vows to force crude oil down his throat.
“When I saw that kind of reaction I thought, well now we’re in a moment where, for the first time, we’re really taking on the lies of oil and gas in Canada,” he says.
Similar to Canada’s ban on tobacco advertising that was enacted in 1989, Angus’s proposed Fossil Fuel Advertising Act ties the massive advertising budgets that promote oil and gas to the issue of human health. . . . .
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