I Love It When Canada Gets Bad

Saudi Arabia moves to censor CanadianTV ad

And not just because the certain OPEC members get outed, either. Reading between the lines sheds light on a few other factoids, such as --

Saudi Arabia’s ‘ethical’ oil issue leaves the left in the lurch

Bid to kill Canadian ads a sign oil sands are getting under Saudi regime’s skin

and it emboldens some of the better Canucks among us:

"In response to the Saudi dictatorship’s move, EthicalOil.org is taking the following actions:

1. The ad has been put back on the air. Starting today the Sun News Network is airing the spot.

2. Velshi has written to His Excellency Osamah A. Al Sanosi Ahmad, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador in Canada, informing him the ad has been put back on the air and challenging him to a televised debate about the ad and its contents.

3. Velshi has alerted Foreign Minister John Baird and Dean Allison, Chairman of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade about the incident in writing, calling on the government and the parliamentary committee to investigate a foreign dictatorship trying to censor what Canadians can and cannot see on their televisions."

including our MPs.