http://www.torontosun.com/2017/05/21/canada-other-countries-will-move-forward-on-new-trans-pacific-partnership-after-us-withdrawal Maija Kappler, THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada and 10 other countries agreed this weekend to re-evaluate the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the controversial trade deal that has been assumed dead since the U.S. pulled out in January. However a Canadian group opposed to the TPP says the deal should not be revived. Trade officials […]
Banksters: Index RE Re-negotiation of NAFTA (1994, Jan.1), triggered by the Trump Administration on May 17th, 2017: 90 day Notice, required under American law for the Administration’s negotiation of a trade deal, was given by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to Congress, May 17, 2017. Re-negotiation between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada cannot begin until at minimum, 90 days […]
Banksters: Index Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland was interviewed on CBC Radio, The House (June 10). http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thehouse (The interview starts at 3:05, ends at 16:30) Host Chris Hall asked some hard questions of Freeland re use of “hard power” in foreign policy. BUT re NAFTA, Nothing re ISDS (Investor-State Dispute Settlement) – also referred to as […]
One tries to keep Beyond Banksters and the $180,000,000,000 in Infrastructure spending simple. A problem: I’ve helped fight down two large infrastructure projects for water. I am committed to the value of information. Of what value is relevant information, if it’s not shared?! Jake (from the U.S.) observed: Big Pharma and Big Agriculture have taken control of most […]
Turning off the Tap: Site C and Water Privatization in Canada Banksters: Index (Back-up copy) By Jennifer O’Keeffe Site C Dam is a proposed 60-metre high, 1,050m length dam on the Peace River on Treaty 8 territory in northeastern British Columbia (see image below), a project that if built, would create an 83km reservoir submerging […]
‘We encourage our faculty to translate their knowledge,’ says public policy school director Jeremy Rayner Jason Warick · CBC News · Jeremy Rayner, director of the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the U of S, defended the work of Prof. Peter Phillips and his ties to Monsanto, saying such ties are ‘inevitable’ […]
Banksters: Index The email I sent to everyone, to tie together Barton. With a prefacing note: Hi Lou, I think too many Canadians are unaware. If they take the 29 minutes to listen to the interview of Barton, and time to skim what Perkins explains (links below), they may change their mind about remaining dis-engaged. […]
Banksters: Index See also, excerpts from Chapters 34 and 38: Ch. 34, New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins, 2016. Ch. 38, Your Friendly Banker as EHM. The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (EHM), John Perkins, 2016. Click on the small grey text at the top of this posting, John Perkins […]
Sequence: Maude Barlow: Millions yearn to escape free-trade deals (below) David Korten de-constructs the term “free trade” David Barnhizer explains the relationship between linguistics and propaganda http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/maude-barlow-millions-yearn-to-escape-free-trade-deals-1.2303535 Millions yearn to escape free-trade deals Maude Barlow / Times Colonist U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent visit to Canada, against the backdrop of Brexit and […]
Sequence: Maude Barlow: Millions yearn to escape free-trade deals David Korten de-constructs the term “free trade” (Below) David Barnhizer explains the relationship between linguistics and propaganda [ http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/free-trade-fraud-alert-20160713?utm_source=YTW&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=20160715 ] by David Korten, YES ! Magazine So the next time you hear the term “free market” or “free trade,” treat that as a […]