International Vice-President Joe Maloney was a big hit with Danielle Smith\u2019s audience on Global\u2019s 770 CHQR Calgary radio station when he stood up for workers in the oil sands.<\/p>\n
\u201cJoe is a great spokesman,\u201d said Smith, host of a popular daily talk show. \u201cMy audience loved him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith interviewed Maloney for 15 minutes about his Sept. 13 article in the Edmonton Journal<\/u><\/a>, (also reprinted in boilermaker.ca) in which he said Canadians have no reason to feel guilty about the oil sands.<\/p>\n Maloney said most British Columbians were unaware that some of the oil they use in their cars comes from Russia and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n \u201cI really don\u2019t think that Canadians are fully informed on what\u2019s going on here and I don\u2019t think particularly that BC residents realize that they\u2019re filling their gas tanks with Russian oil,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThey have no environmental rights over there, they have no human rights, they have no labour rights. And we don\u2019t even know if some of these tankers coming in have double hulls.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy should we turn our back on our own oil and watch Russian oil tankers bringing oil in? I think it\u2019s very hypocritical,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n You can listen to the entire interview through this link<\/u><\/a>, or by clicking the play button below.<\/p>\n