Canada is passing legislation that see people go to jail or fined up to $500,000 for talking out about the benefits of using oil & gas appliances including motor vehicles
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NDP bill prescribes jail terms for speaking well of fossil fuels
“It is prohibited for a person to promote a fossil fuel, a fossil fuel-related brand element or the production of a fossil fuel,” reads the act.
Violate this as a regular citizen, and the act prescribes summary conviction and a fine of up to $500,000. Violate it as an oil company, and the punishment could be as strict as two years in jail or a fine of $1,000,000.
Angus defines “promotion” so broadly that it could technically apply to something as simple as a Facebook post or even an “I Love Canadian Oil and Gas” bumper sticker.
Promotion, according to Bill C-372, means “a representation about a product or service by any means … that is likely to influence and shape attitudes, beliefs and behaviors about the product or service.”
The act also criminalizes a laundry list of common pro-oil and gas arguments, even ones that have a reliable basis in fact.
Section 8 of the act makes it a crime for “a person” to argue that a fossil fuel is “less harmful than other fossil fuels.”
Natural gas, for instance, generates energy with far fewer emissions or pollutants than diesel, coal, bunker fuel or any number of “dirtier” fuels. Stating this fact is now a crime and anybody making such an argument should face a jail term of up to two years or a “fine not exceeding $500,000.”
The bill would also bring the hammer down on the ability of Canadian gas stations
to hold contests or issue loyalty cards.