EDMONTON — The Alberta government's energy "war room" is going to battle with a Netflix children's movie saying it inaccurately portrays the oil industry. The Canadian Energy Centre says more than 1,000 people have sent an automated letter off its webs.
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To Alberta’s Canadian Energy Centre “war room,” it’s a big hairy deal warping the minds of children.
But for others, the centre’s attacks on the Netflix Canada movie Bigfoot Family for alleged slurs against the oil and gas industry are another oversized stride deeper into embarrassment.
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The energy centre has launched a campaign inviting the public to censure Netflix Canada for airing the animated family film it says unfairly demonizes the province’s petroleum sector by featuring a scheme to blow up a valley to extract oil.
Founded under Jason Kenney, the Canadian Energy Centre claims the animated film is spreading misinformation
Photo (left): Government of Alberta
Published Mar 12, 2021
After Corb Lund led the charge against coal mining plans floated by Alberta s provincial government, the Jason Kenney-led United Conservative Party has now set its sights on another perceived opponent of resource extraction: animated children s film
Bigfoot Family, which is currently streaming on Netflix.
PressProgress points out that the Canadian Energy Centre the provincial energy war room founded under Kenney to counter domestic and foreign-funded campaigns against Canada s oil and gas industry has launched a website that alleges Ben Stassen and Jeremy Degruson s
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To Alberta’s Canadian Energy Centre “war room,” it’s a big hairy deal warping the minds of children.
But for others, the centre’s attacks on the Netflix Canada movie Bigfoot Family for alleged slurs against the oil and gas industry are another oversized stride deeper into embarrassment.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.
Try refreshing your browser, or UCP s war room takes on Netflix, claims anti-oil Bigfoot is brainwashing kids Back to video
The energy centre has launched a campaign inviting the public to censure Netflix Canada for airing the animated family film it says unfairly demonizes the province’s petroleum sector by featuring a scheme to blow up a valley to extract oil.
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