Editor:
Upon attending the Snow White fairy tale, Mirror Mirror, at our local movie theater, we were bombarded with the propagandist petroleum ad hailing the Alberta tar sands project as some valiant effort by Canadians to create business.
In the Snow White movie, the land is in the narcissistic grip of an evil beast known as the Queen. In a short leading up to the movie, oil companies would have us believe the one small visual of a small oil refinery in a greenbelt is a blatant lie, for in reality, the Alberta tar sands project resembles a Mars terrain and occupies a space the size of England.
Use of environmentally devastating crude technology to extract the beast are grossly underplayed and misleading to a fuel-buying public, who most likely drove to the theater in a vehicle.
What a slap in the face! Who paid for this brainwashing propaganda? You did. We all did. We are livid and, like Snow White, feeling betrayed.
“Mirror Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all? Not Canada!”
I used to think Canada was the best natural environment in the world. Man, was I ever wrong.
On behalf of the people of Canada who have been given no voice, I apologize for the devastation caused to this planet by a number of greedy corporations and a gutless Conservative government.
If you have money invested in oil, if you fill your vehicle with gas and idle in rush hour, you are part of the problem. You are enabling the death of your own planet.
Luke Charchuk, Surrey
