2012-04-01 How the Big Energy Companies Plan to Turn the U.S. (and Canada) into a Third World Petro-State http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=4894 2007-05-19 TARSANDS: Backlash against a whistle-blower Globe & Mail, Andrew Nikiforuk http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=4917 2007-06-06 VIDEO: Help “Get the Shell Out” of the Sacred headwaters. (Add to original: call on CPP to disinvest.) http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=4897 2009-09-26 […]
Related: (2015-04-18) Hundreds of Millions of Dollars already paid out to corporations because of trade deals. It’s about to multiply many times over (TPP, CETA, etc.). (2013-11-09) Contrast: Transatlantic Trade Deals (CETA & TTIP), also TPP vs “We Are Living in the World Occupy Made” (2013-06-11) CETA (also about GMO’s): Canada ready to raise threshold […]
Banksters: Index For More information than below, see: Website, Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform (COMER): http://www.comer.org/ – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Excellent, about COMER: (2015-05-07) Rocco Galati, […]
. . . We’ve gone beyond gross domestic product to more meaningful measures of social well-being, said Anshula Chowdhury, founder of Social Asset Measurements (SAM), a software-as-a-service social impact reporting firm operating out of Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone in Toronto. The right things http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/power+transparency/11082894/story.html It began over a pint of beer. Brainstorming business […]
Two sources: Original: http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/New-Silk-Road-Could-Change-Global-Economics-Forever.html I copied it from: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-05-23/new-silk-road-could-change-global-economics-forever-part-1 By Robert Berke Part 1: The New Silk Road Beginning with the marvelous tales of Marco Polo’s travels across Eurasia to China, the Silk Road has never ceased to entrance the world. Now, the ancient cities of Samarkand, Baku, Tashkent, and Bukhara are once again […]
By Sujata Dey Berlin — Yesterday (April 20, 2015), Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians, challenged the Canada-European Union Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) and other trade deals in a panel discussion with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. During the panel, Chancellor Merkel presented her G7 presidency priorities. “While the themes […]
A move by Canada to postpone any F-35 buys until 2018 means decisions will wait until after the next federal election. (US Air Force) by David Pugliese VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Canada has told the US government it won’t be in a position to purchase the F-35 fighter jet until 2018, a move that critics […]
Banksters: Index UPDATE: the final appeal of the lower court decisions against the plaintiff was to the Supreme Court of Canada. The SCC declined to hear the appeal. The lower court decisions stand. Thank-you to John Monroe (Comments) for pointing this out. http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/02/05/canadians-sued-the-bank-of-canada-won-mainstream-media-government-blacks-out-story/ February 5, 2015 by Joe Martino. Recently, constitutional lawyer Rocco Galati won yet […]
Neil writes: If you’ve never read Gail Tverberg, she’s usually a good read and one smart cookie! Her recent blog looks interesting: http://ourfiniteworld.com/2014/09/21/low-oil-prices-sign-of-a-debt-bubble-collapse-leading-to-the-end-of-oil-supply/ (Sandra speaking: I recommend you go to Gail’s blog. The “comments” are also worthwhile. As usual, a back-up copy appears below, “just in case”.) – – – – – – – […]
“On the Island” this morning, CBC Radio, an opportunity to make a point about economic indicators: RE: Salmon fishery, increasing the take from 3% to 15% My experience with DFO and fish quotas is from Nova Scotia where we lived for 15 years. We arrived in the nineteen-seventies. The Grand Banks cod fishery supported […]