Rick Mercer's Hilarious Takedown of the "Radical Foreign Interests" Echo Chamber

Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
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This Rick Mercer video started making the rounds several days ago, but in case you missed it, it’s a hilarious skewering of the โ€œradical foreign interestsโ€ talking point that the ‘ethical oil’ crowd is trying to inject into the debate over the Enbridge Northern Gateway tar sands pipelineย proposal.ย 

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Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
Brendan is Executive Director of DeSmog. He is also a writer focused on disinformation and corporate accountability.

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