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- July 11, 2025, 12:38:53 PMQuote from: Herman on July 10, 2025, 07:27:47 PMI will chip in for one way flights.
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- July 10, 2025, 07:27:47 PM
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- July 10, 2025, 04:58:10 PMEnvironmental organizations that campaign against development should be held to the same standard as energy companies.
Twenty years ago during winter break from college in B.C.'s Fraser Valley, 19-year-old Deena Del Giusto decided to take a road trip north to Fort St. John, where one of her friends had just opened a beauty salon.
"I loved what I saw so much, I never came back," says Del Giusto, who grew up in Abbotsford in British Columbia's Lower Mainland near the American border, more than 1,200 kilometres away from the small city in northeast B.C.
Three children and two careers later, Del Giusto considers Fort St. John home.
When she saw a photo circulating online by the David Suzuki Foundation purporting to show the large scale of development in the region's Montney natural gas play, she had a "wait, what?!" moment.
As soon as I saw that photo, I knew something didn't look right because it looked nothing like anything I'd seen anywhere around here," she said.
"I've lived here for a long time and personally visited the drilling rigs and fracking sites in this area, first as a medic and then as a safety hand."
Del Giusto's instincts led her to do some online research, which revealed the photo was actually taken in Wyoming more than 20 years ago.
It had been repurposed by the David Suzuki Foundation on its website, social media channels and donation appeals to portray natural gas development in the Montney play.
Del Giusto and seven other northeast B.C. residents have filed a formal application with the federal government's Competition Bureau to investigate the foundation for using "false and misleading imagery."
The eight residents, who own small businesses in the region, claim this materially misleads donors and the public, which violates the Competition Act.
It is filed under the Act's established provisions and is not related to recent changes regarding "greenwashing" under Bill C-59.
The residents' complaint asks the bureau to investigate and potentially impose remedies, including stopping all uses of the image, publishing corrective notices and returning proceeds.
"People who live in northeast B.C. are proud of what they do to produce the energy that Canada and the world needs in the right way because our families live here," said Del Giusto, who now works as a real estate agent in the city of 25,000.
"If you drive 10 minutes outside the city, you are in wilderness and it is beautiful. It's important because developing the Montney supports thousands of jobs and fuels economic activity across the country."
Del Giusto said she understands that many people in Canada aren't exposed to the oil and gas sector, which helped spur her decision to file the complaint.
"It's important we don't have misrepresentations about what's taking place," she said.
"Accurate public information is vital to informed debate, especially as many Canadians live far from production sites."
Del Giusto wants environmental organizations that campaign against development held to the same standard as energy companies.
"This complaint is about truth and fairness. These issues deserve more than scare tactics and misleading imagery," she said.
"If we had a more open and honest conversation, we could be talking about what we could do to improve rather than debating things that aren't true."
Twenty years ago during winter break from college in B.C.'s Fraser Valley, 19-year-old Deena Del Giusto decided to take a road trip north to Fort St. John, where one of her friends had just opened a beauty salon.
"I loved what I saw so much, I never came back," says Del Giusto, who grew up in Abbotsford in British Columbia's Lower Mainland near the American border, more than 1,200 kilometres away from the small city in northeast B.C.
Three children and two careers later, Del Giusto considers Fort St. John home.
When she saw a photo circulating online by the David Suzuki Foundation purporting to show the large scale of development in the region's Montney natural gas play, she had a "wait, what?!" moment.
As soon as I saw that photo, I knew something didn't look right because it looked nothing like anything I'd seen anywhere around here," she said.
"I've lived here for a long time and personally visited the drilling rigs and fracking sites in this area, first as a medic and then as a safety hand."
Del Giusto's instincts led her to do some online research, which revealed the photo was actually taken in Wyoming more than 20 years ago.
It had been repurposed by the David Suzuki Foundation on its website, social media channels and donation appeals to portray natural gas development in the Montney play.
Del Giusto and seven other northeast B.C. residents have filed a formal application with the federal government's Competition Bureau to investigate the foundation for using "false and misleading imagery."
The eight residents, who own small businesses in the region, claim this materially misleads donors and the public, which violates the Competition Act.
It is filed under the Act's established provisions and is not related to recent changes regarding "greenwashing" under Bill C-59.
The residents' complaint asks the bureau to investigate and potentially impose remedies, including stopping all uses of the image, publishing corrective notices and returning proceeds.
"People who live in northeast B.C. are proud of what they do to produce the energy that Canada and the world needs in the right way because our families live here," said Del Giusto, who now works as a real estate agent in the city of 25,000.
"If you drive 10 minutes outside the city, you are in wilderness and it is beautiful. It's important because developing the Montney supports thousands of jobs and fuels economic activity across the country."
Del Giusto said she understands that many people in Canada aren't exposed to the oil and gas sector, which helped spur her decision to file the complaint.
"It's important we don't have misrepresentations about what's taking place," she said.
"Accurate public information is vital to informed debate, especially as many Canadians live far from production sites."
Del Giusto wants environmental organizations that campaign against development held to the same standard as energy companies.
"This complaint is about truth and fairness. These issues deserve more than scare tactics and misleading imagery," she said.
"If we had a more open and honest conversation, we could be talking about what we could do to improve rather than debating things that aren't true."
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- July 07, 2025, 09:29:39 PMQuote from: Herman on July 07, 2025, 02:05:10 PMThis says it all about progs.That is a marriage of convenience made in hell.
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- July 07, 2025, 02:05:10 PMThis says it all about progs.
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- July 04, 2025, 10:06:04 AMQuote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on July 04, 2025, 09:40:42 AMImpeachment now!!!A double standard indeed.
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- July 04, 2025, 09:40:42 AMQuote from: Herman on July 03, 2025, 10:08:33 PMObama bombed Libya, Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, a total of 26,171 bombs dropped in 2016 alone without congressional approval.
Impeachment now!!!
Posted by Herman
- July 03, 2025, 10:08:33 PMObama bombed Libya, Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, a total of 26,171 bombs dropped in 2016 alone without congressional approval.
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- July 03, 2025, 07:40:55 PM
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- June 26, 2025, 01:40:49 PMQuote from: DKG on June 26, 2025, 10:06:15 AMYou should wheel him away from the computer once in a while.I should, shouldn't I.
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- June 26, 2025, 10:06:15 AMQuote from: Thiel on June 25, 2025, 01:11:06 PMJo Jo told me last night after we had sex that he wishes he was still a youthful 62.You should wheel him away from the computer once in a while.
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- June 26, 2025, 09:54:01 AMMeanwhile in other news... pigs do fly.
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- June 25, 2025, 11:03:34 PMQuote from: Lokmar on June 25, 2025, 01:01:02 PMI'm only working until I'm 62.
I'm gonna retire soon....Lokmar!
Collect pogie n' sleep in ever day.
That's the life, Bud!