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A former BC Premier was among those who witnessed a shocking and unusual protest earlier this week at a gathering of Canadian and European energy leaders.
Gordon Campbell, who was recently named Canada’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, was making his first official appearance in his new role when a man and woman suddenly stripped down to their undergarments.
The Vancouver Sun describes what happened next:
British poet Peter Bearder a.k.a Pete the Temp, clad in Union Jack boxers, and British/Australian UK Tar Sands Network campaigner Emily Coats, in white Maple-Leaf underwear, dumped molasses on themselves and then jumped onto a table in the gilded conference room to kiss and fondle each other for roughly a minute.
Despite protestations about science and the industry’s environmental practices ‘Britain’ could not fend off ‘Canada’s’ advances.
The protesters were criticizing what they say is a cozy relationship between Alberta’s energy producers and Britain, as the UK opposes European legislation labelling Canadian oil sands highly polluting.
The UK Tar Sands Network claimed responsibility for the stunt.
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Lianabak
Don’t agree with the couple’s message but wish all protests could be dramatic, inoffensive and to the point as this one