http://www.forgetthebox.net More than a Montrea Blog, Better than you think Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:35:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.forgetthebox.net/ethical-oil-part-3-nafta/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/ethical-oil-part-3-nafta/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:30:32 +0000 Justin Ling http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=33171 If you've already read Ethical Oil: parts one and two, you've suffered through the realities of our energy market in this country. You've read the back-and-forth about the very existential quandary that seems to be occupying ivory-tower environmental thinkers. Trying to make sense of Canadian energy policy is not for the faint of the heart, so I called Gordon Laxer. The University of Alberta professor has spent the past 29 years in Alberta, having followed Canadian energy policy through]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/ethical-oil-part-3-nafta/feed/ 0 http://www.forgetthebox.net/ethical-oil-trade/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/ethical-oil-trade/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:27:40 +0000 Justin Ling http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=32884 In part one, I introduced everyone to Alykhan Velshi and Zoe; two ideological zealots engaged in a war of words over the nature of Canadian oil production. Velshi is the captain of the good ship Ethical Oil and Zoe is, of course, Ezra Levant's fictitious and quintessential environmentalist. So, not happy with having such an important debate boiled down to a never-ending back-and-forth of pontificating and self-righteousness, I wanted to know where our oil actually comes from. Our underlying issue is one of supply and demand: Canadians are demanding oil, and we're supplying it to]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/ethical-oil-trade/feed/ 1 http://www.forgetthebox.net/ethical-oil-debate/ http://www.forgetthebox.net/ethical-oil-debate/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:08:03 +0000 Justin Ling http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=32701 It's not easy being green. Yet, somehow, I think Alykhan Velshi gets along okay. The self-styled social justice activist has made it his altruistic goal to ensure that every man, woman and child in the world is burning only the most sin-free petroleum. Velshi has grabbed the banner of Ethical Oil, taking inspiration from the book of the same title written by tarsands troubadour Ezra Levant. The 27 year-old former aide to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is out to convince the country]]> http://www.forgetthebox.net/ethical-oil-debate/feed/ 2