Paul Simon loans one of his songs to oppose Northern Gateway

Musician Paul Simon has loaned one of his famous works to a new ad campaign that opposes the Northern Gateway project. The ad, which uses the song The Sound of Silence, made famous by the group Simon & Garfunkel, was launched on the 24th anniversary of one of the worst oil spills in history. The Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska in 1989 was catastrophic, said Art Sterritt with Coastal First Nations and provides a great argument for keeping massive oil tankers out of BC waters. The TV and social media ads are to air on networks along the proposed pipeline route. Enbridge has its own multi-million dollar ad campaign in support of the pipeline.