Video: The Enbridge ad spoof the Province didn't want you to see

by Miranda Nelson on Jun 26, 2012 at 2:07 pm

According to Rafe Mair, the Province posted this spoof ad—created by Province cartoonist Dan Murphy—on its website on June 22, only to remove it a few hours later after a complaint from Enbridge.

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melman420
Jun 26, 2012 at 4:48 pm
hahaha
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Steve Y
Jun 26, 2012 at 7:21 pm
I'm for the pipeline but the original advertisement was nauseating.
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daniel milloy
Jun 27, 2012 at 12:08 am
Wow, what a great parody. Shame the company didn't have a sense of humour... perhaps it was cutting just a bit too close to the bone.
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wrinkly
Jun 27, 2012 at 7:05 am
daniel milloy: corporations don't have a sense of humor.
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mememe
Jun 27, 2012 at 7:06 am
I don't understand how anyone can be for this pipeline, especially with the current route. it may create some more jobs in the start but will destroy jobs in the long run, not to mention destroy a unique ecosystem around it.
Nice spoof though!
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Pat Crowe
Jun 27, 2012 at 7:37 am
I prefer the idea of using our northern rail line to transport the oil to the coast.
We have a northern rail line, don't we?
Oops..oh yah.
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Argulion
Jun 27, 2012 at 7:57 am
I like Dan Murphy's version since it brings a measure of reality. The original applies to some fantasy Utopian world only. And, if Enbridge is operating with 'world class safety standards' the standards are far too low when you consider their oil spill history.
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wayne C
Jun 27, 2012 at 9:35 am
heard on CBC 1 yesterday that the newspaper pull the cartoon because Enbridge threatened to pull the million dollar ad contract with whom ever owned the Province paper and fire Dan Murphy. This is a good time not to buy the newspaper with no back bone!
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cranky mom
Jun 27, 2012 at 10:45 am
I like the farting sound effects! Or was it diarrhea? sorry, I know its a bit early in the morning to be using those words. This commercial had me yelling at the TV, the remake is far better.
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Petey
Jun 27, 2012 at 11:43 am
Everyday just in the Lower Mainland probably tens of Barrrels of Oil and other chemicals are released into the environment from Garages and other normal equipment related issues..all running into the Fraser or wherever....This Enbridge thing is simple hysterics.
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Ian G62
Jun 27, 2012 at 12:46 pm
Hey Stephen Harper - why don't we just keep our own oil, refine it, reduce our transportation costs and create a manufacturing economy in Canada and THEN let China and everyone else buy our stuff....
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Just Wondering
Jun 27, 2012 at 3:28 pm
The truth is usually brutal. Big corporations only know when they have been hurt and could care less about anything to do with living or life. They forget this is our world too and they only get to do what they are doing because we let them. Ian G62 makes a good point and don't you wonder why we never get an answer?
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durbanbudz
Jun 27, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Hysterics from a idiot...but kinda funny too..hehe!
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barbsherman8@gmail.com
Jun 28, 2012 at 9:54 pm
It's not just the Province newspaper that's stifling comments about the Enbridge and Keystone expansion pipelines. The CBC is not covering anything about these issues at all. It also doesn't cover any BC politics, including the Hydro mess and the current Liberal government scandals. I'd love the Straight to do a story about what's been going on at the CBC.
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