It is now prohibited In Canada to talk about the benefits of gasoline and gas for cars, Law C-372. Now you can spend 2 years in prison or a 500 thousand dollar fine. If you put an I LOVE OIL sticker on your car, this is a sign that you are a terrorist, an extremist and you will be sent to prison.

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[–]HiddenFox 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

This bill is targeting big oil and misleading fossil fuel advertising.

"The new bill would outlaw marketing that downplays the climate-altering emissions and health hazards associated with the industry, or promotes fossil fuels in ways that are false, misleading or deceptive."

This has nothing to do with individuals and it's based off anti Tabaco laws that came into effect in the late 1990s.

[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

And it doesn't affect a literary, dramatic, musical, cinematographic, scientific, educational or artistic work, production or performance nor an opinion, commentary or report in respect of fossil fuels, fossil fuel-related brand elements that is not paid for by the fossil fuel industry.

[–]Rah 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

For now.

[–]xoenix 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Oil & gas companies have been advertising pretty hard in my feed. The posts have a lot of likes. Government probably can't stand this, with the new carbon tax landing next month.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Obviously they are going to sell it as that, but anyone with basic understanding of how laws are used can see that it is worded in a way to allow exactly what this post claims, and that is not on accident. Anyone speaking publicly can be said to be marketing. Any argument that promotes fossil fuels over "renewables" can be said to be downplaying the harm of fossil fuels. The government already lies about what is misinformation, they can define it as absolutely anything.