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30 Fairmont Park Lane S
Lethbridge, AB T1K 7H7
Phone: (403) 328-1804
Friday, December 23, 2011

The Editor
The Lethbridge Herald
P.O. Box 670
Lethbridge, AB, T1J 3Z7

Re: Slippery Situation, December 22

Chiquita Brands definitely writes with a forked pen on the topic of oil sands usage. Their letter to ForestEthics uses the “tar sands” phrase seven times as they vow to try to avoid oil from that source. One month later their letter to Alberta Enterprise Group indicates “Chiquita is not boycotting or banning Canadian oil”. Which is it?

However, Chiquita is not the prime mover in a breeding ball of slippery snakes attacking Canadian interests. ForestEthics, along with a cabal of environmental groups and complicit forest companies, assumed ownership of a vast tract of our Canadian forest last year. They claim this is twice the size of Germany.

ForestEthics has now turned to fighting the oil sands and has enlisted many companies to their cause as identified on their website. In addition to Chiquita, Canadians should be very wary of supporting; Walgreens, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Quiksilver, Gap Inc., Levi Strauss & Co., Timberland, Bed Bath & Beyond, FedEx, Avon, American Eagle Outfitters, LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics, Liz Claiborne Inc., and the City of Bellingham. ForestEthics is currently campaigning to enlist Walmart and Safeway.

It’s time to get serious about allegedly charitable organizations like ForestEthics. They make a good,, tax-payer supported, living by protesting any and all activities we undertake including development of the oilsands. We need to ensure we have the energy resources needed to maintain the planet as a viable home for humanity. Let companies that support ForestEthics and its ilk know where you stand any way you can. One way is to avoid their products and services.

Yours truly,

Duane Pendergast

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