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You can clearly see some of the sponsorship logos in these pics.

This morning as I was leaving the house, a piece on the news came up about the Stars Air Ambulance service and how they had helped as rapid responders in the Humboldt tragedy. For those not familiar, Stars is largely privately funded and as I caught a peek of an up close image of the chopper ambulance, I noticed the following corporate sponsors:

Shell Canada
Trans Canada Energy
Enbridge
Conoco Phillips
Canadian Natural Resources ltd
Crescent Point Energy
Exxon Mobil

along with many others.... Between 2016 & 2017 Stars has flown over 1500 air missions to people in medical distress in Alberta alone, not to mention their missions in Sask and Manitoba. For those who like to demonize the energy industry, consider how many deaths may have occurred if companies like the above decided not to support this service.

You know who's corporate sponsorship is “ABSENT”?

David Suzuki Foundation
Leadnow
Tides Canada
Greenpeace Canada
Pembina Institute
350
etc...

In fact none of these so called 'save the planet' organizations spend a dime to fill the gaps within our communities. As those holier than thou types look to drive Canada's energy industry into crippling positions, maybe they should ask themselves if the organizations they support will lift a finger to support the critical infrastructure services that Canadian Energy Industry companies do to the tune of several hundreds of millions via direct contribution and taxes? The answer is, not a chance...