Comments on: So are atheists being censored in Vancouver?

By: Pat O'Brien

Fri, 13 Dec 2013 01:57:11 +0000

Since you are not in town to hear and see all the media attention I will give you a brief time line. We approached Pattison over a month ago. They rejected our ads asking for a re-design but would not give us any guidelines. The reason we went with Pattison is because they have a virtual monopoly on billboards in the downtown area and we wanted the best location for the ads.
When it was clear they would not give us guidelines and we did not have money to do several re-designs we went to the media. Pattison, after getting heat from the media finally said all we had to do was change the size of our name and web site, something they would not say for over a month. By the time they articulated that request (to the media, never to us directly) we had already contracted with an other company as we wanted the ads out for our year end fundraising.

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By: Theo Bromine

Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:44:11 +0000

CFI went to Pattison first, because they have close to a monopoly on the market region where the billboard ads were to run. There was no reason to expect Pattison to refuse, since they had, for example, run the Ottawa “Probably no God” bus ads.

CBS was not approached until a week after the Pattison rejection. The ads will run on CBS billboards and transit shelters, but not in the places we originally wanted them.

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By: Jymn

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 23:30:54 +0000

It’s not the first time Pattison has censored billboards. His fundamental religiosity is the only thing that seems to get in the way of making a buck.

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By: sm

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 23:26:34 +0000

http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/Blog/see-the-greenpeace-oil-spill-ad-rejected-by-c/blog/41018/

Pattison rejected this ad too. Of course they censor.

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