Newspaper buckles on video after Enbridge complains: cartoonist

VANCOUVER – A longtime cartoonist with the Vancouver Province says a video he posted satirizing Enbridge’s claims about its Northern Gateway pipeline was pulled by the media outlet after the company complained.

Dan Murphy, who produces both videos and cartoons for the Province, says the animated video was taken down from the Province’s website shortly after being posted last Friday.

Murphy says he was told Enbridge (TSX:ENB) had complained to the newspaper’s advertising department.

He says a newsroom supervisor told him the pipeline company had threatened to pull a million dollars worth of advertising if the video wasn’t removed.

The Province did not immediately return calls from The Canadian Press, but the paper’s editor has suggested the video was removed for copyright reasons.

Enbridge officials weren’t immediately available for comment.