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Saturday Dec 8, 2012 The Harper government has ignored opposition and polls against foreign take-overs of national resources and approved the Chinese National Overseas Oil Corporation's take over of Nexen today. ... read more »
Monday Nov 19, 2012 Last week, we saw what happens when a province chooses prudence over profits when it comes to resource development. An American-incorporated company with headquarters in Calgary is suing the Government of Canada under NAFTA. Quebec became the first province in Canada to ban fracking last year.... read more »
Thursday Nov 15, 2012 It has been two weeks since the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Act was to be ratified. I don’t think this delay is simply circumstantial.... read more »
Wednesday Nov 7, 2012 In a sense, Canadian Prime Minister Harper is acting like the CEO of Corporate Canada - in a state of downsizing (cutting budgets and the public sector), selling off assets (natural resources), and putting profits over people (China-Canada trade agreement).... read more »
Friday Oct 26, 2012 Bravo my fellow Canadians! Your messages to Harper’s International Trade Committee MPs hit a nerve. Together with the Nexen uproar, Harper’s grand plan to put our natural resources and democratic laws on the Chinese corporate auction block is starting to crack. Wide open. ... read more »
Thursday Oct 25, 2012 UPDATE: Thousands of you have contacted Parliament--great work! Now, we're taking our request to the top—to Prime Minister Harper. Sign the Open Letter >>... read more »
Monday Oct 22, 2012 Back in the late 1980s, Canada was engaged in a national debate about a free trade agreement with our ally, the United States. The stakes were high. An election was fought over it. A number of precautions were incorporated into the agreement because of public and provincial engagement.... read more »
Thursday Oct 18, 2012 Canada is about to move one step closer to being a resource colony for China. While Canada has sought a trade agreement with China for several years, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has finally discarded many critical Canadian voices and agreed to a wonderful deal for the world’s most populated nation1.... read more »
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