New Democrat bid to snuff out oil and gas advertising sparks backlash from provincial counterparts, Indigenous partners

Indigenous Resource Network executive director John Desjarlais says the kind of 'paternalism' present in Bill C-327 is exactly the kind of sentiment he works against in the fossil fuel industry.

NDP natural resources critic Charlie Angus’ private member's bill would prohibit the promotion of fossil fuels as clean alternatives or positive pathways to Indigenous reconciliation.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

February 14, 2024

While NDP MP Charlie Angus’ proposed legislation may have succeeded in fuelling a debate on whether the promotion of fossil fuels should go up in smoke in the way of cigarette advertising, its incendiary language has tempers flaring amongst the New Democrats' Prairie count...

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