Data shows companies made much higher payments to developing countries in 2016 than to Canadian, provincial governments Canada taxes its oil and gas companies at a fraction of the rate they are taxed abroad, including by countries ranked among the world’s most corrupt, according to an analysis of public data by the Guardian. The low […]
With thanks to Cliff. From The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/aug/18/neoliberalism-the-idea-that-changed-the-world?CMP=share_btn_twtheguardian.com Neoliberalism: the idea that swallowed the world The word has become a rhetorical weapon, but it properly names the reigning ideology of our era – one that venerates the logic of the market and strips away the things that make us human. By Stephen Metcalf Friday 18 […]
Please help stop more corporate takeover; Politicians who sell us out. Christy Clark lost her position as Premier of B.C., in large part due to her servicing of corporate interests, and the money flowing into the B.C. Liberal Party because of that. People from across Canada helped with the campaign to create awareness of the […]
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http://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/07/07/opinion/what-if-omar-khadr-isnt-guilty By Sandy Garossino in Opinion, Politics | July 7th 2017 Omar Khadr (right) speaks with his lawyer Dennis Edney in Edmonton on May 7, 2015. File photo by The Canadian Press Editor’s Note: This story contains images some readers may find disturbing. The controversy surrounding Omar Khadr’s reported $10.5-million settlement for Ottawa’s complicity in his oppressive […]
Banksters: Index The report notes that only the most profitable, least-risky projects will be privatized With thanks to CUPE for making G&M material available (G&M requires subscription): https://cupe.ca/documents-expose-dangers-liberal-privatization-bank Newly-released government documents expose the privatization plans at the heart of the Liberal’s proposed infrastructure bank The Globe and Mail is reporting on government briefings that show the Canada […]
Banksters: Index https://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/jun/19/open-source-revolution-conquer-one-percent-cia-spy
Banksters: Index I am hopeful that a read of excerpts (scroll down) from the book will impel more people to the book. It is well written, well laid out, an easy read – – 148 pages. The sources are foot-noted through the Endnotes. It is highly important. You will learn a lot. Many thanks to Joyce […]
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. […]