tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post5078059008334480056..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: Steve frets about foreign influence on Enbridge pipelineAlisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-47750169424953111672012-01-10T17:26:58.213-08:002012-01-10T17:26:58.213-08:00From the heckling in the House of Commons, you'...From the heckling in the House of Commons, you'd think Conservatives are deathly afraid of even the slightest whiff of something that might possibly be somewhat related to Communism.<br /><br />Their angry rhetoric is nowhere to be found when Communist China comes calling, pocketbook in hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-70268678012170426432012-01-10T09:10:59.513-08:002012-01-10T09:10:59.513-08:00As I tweeted this AM, this info reduces the credib...As I tweeted this AM, this info reduces the credibility of Ethical Oil and OurDecison.ca to less than zero. <br /><br />Foreign environmental groups and individuals are working for humanity and the future of the planet. Foreign oil companies are human rights abusers, working for their own financial interests. <br /><br />I think this line drawn in the sand by Oliver (and, of course Harper) is going to backfire in a big way when the gen pop learns how the oil sands are backed by investments from some of the worst human rights abusing corporations on Earth.JimBobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04603665575714484326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-82965757409076013262012-01-09T16:04:22.356-08:002012-01-09T16:04:22.356-08:00Great article from Gerald Amos, Karen. Thanks.
No...Great article from Gerald Amos, Karen. Thanks. <br /><a href="http://www.terracedaily.ca/show9198a27s/NO_APOLOGY_FORTHCOMING" rel="nofollow">No APOLOGY FORTHCOMING</a><br /><br />I see there is an Everything Enbridge Section on the left sidebar. Can't beat local coverage!Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-84658698522715598852012-01-09T14:23:51.816-08:002012-01-09T14:23:51.816-08:00I just read this article from the Terrace Daily by...I just read this article from the Terrace Daily by a Haisla Chief Councilor about Mr Harper's fretting:<br /><br />http://www.terracedaily.ca/show9198a/NO_APOLOGY_FORTHCOMINGkarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11131927710530023725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-50343385676916242722012-01-09T12:59:39.985-08:002012-01-09T12:59:39.985-08:00Cons are happy to sell off Canada to whoever will ...Cons are happy to sell off Canada to whoever will pay yet have the audacity to play the patriotism card about foreign environmental influences. <br />Where were these delicate patriotic sensibilities when they were soliciting help from the NRA to kill the Canadian long gun registry?<br /><br />IanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-5890629777988864882012-01-09T09:40:52.712-08:002012-01-09T09:40:52.712-08:00Thanks for this information. Kathryn Marshall'...Thanks for this information. Kathryn Marshall's posts on HuffingtonPost are nauseating, but the mods there won't post my questions about how much EthicalOil.org is paying to get their message out. <br /><br />Any piece of twaddle she puts out should have a "Paid Advertising" disclaimer on the top. In bold. Extra large font.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-61848518258439797362012-01-09T08:21:10.262-08:002012-01-09T08:21:10.262-08:00These must be the radicals with their foreign mone...These must be the radicals with their foreign money that our liar-in-chief Harper referenced. Or not.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15641749905366773044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-53828008824937027852012-01-09T00:50:34.109-08:002012-01-09T00:50:34.109-08:00Simon : Stockhouse, Aug 31, 2009 :
"The Cana...Simon : <a href="http://www.stockhouse.com/Bullboards/MessageDetail.aspx?s=BQI&t=AMEX&m=27413103&l=0&pd=0&r=0" rel="nofollow">Stockhouse, Aug 31, 2009</a> :<br /><br />"The Canadian oilsands saw its largest investment from a Chinese player to date, with PetroChina buying a working interest in two of Athabasca Oil Sands Corp.´s projects for $1.9 billion.<br /><br />Sinopec Corp. has a 50 per cent stake in the Northern Lights project 100 kilometres northeast of Fort McMurray Alta., with French energy giant Total S.A. holding the rest.<br /><br />China National Petroleum Company bid on and obtained 11 oilsands leases in 2007, and in 2005 the Chinese Offshore Oil Corporation invested $150 million in Calgary-based Meg Energy.<br /><br />The Chinese takeover is good news for Alberta, said Alberta Energy spokesman Tim Markle."<br /><br /><br />Bob : Thanks for that reminder. It's also embedded and discussed in Norm Farrell's Northern Insights link which I added in the update after you commented.<br /><br /><br />Karen : I'd ignore her nonsense if she wasn't so prominently featured on the CBC and G&M rollodex.<br /><br /><br />TRM : Oh, excellent links. Ian Reid gets into it in The Real Story update above. <br /><br />C2 : Thank you!<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_ownership_of_companies_of_Canada" rel="nofollow">Your wiki link</a><br /><br /><br />Relevant comment from <a href="http://thetyee.ca/News/2010/08/19/LiberalTarSandsReport/" rel="nofollow">Ed Deak at The Tyee</a> 18 months ago : <br /><br />"Politicians are nothing more than pimp/executioners of and for the criminal neoclassical market economic economic theory, being taught in our universities as a "science", that's destroying the Earth and humanity.<br /><br />The tar sands crime wave is part of the "growth" and the "GDP", without any deductions for damages and no politician would dare to question it, as it would bring panic to the almighty stockmarkets. <br /><br />Then, when the Chinese bring back the money we're paying them for killing our manufacturing infrastructure, praised by economists and the WTO, to buy the country up from under our feet with our own money, it is called "wealth creating foreign investment" that helps to pay for the billions spent on "defence"."Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-15540456652222807112012-01-08T23:11:56.727-08:002012-01-08T23:11:56.727-08:00Good one Alison. Talk about foreign money. I can&#...Good one Alison. Talk about foreign money. I can't figure out whether they are trying to buy a pipeline, or going for the whole enchilada and trying to buy Canada. But one thing is for sure eh? They know a greasy Con oil pimp when they see one...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-84023019794209075392012-01-08T21:45:46.061-08:002012-01-08T21:45:46.061-08:00Sure wish Anna Maria Tremonti of The Current would...Sure wish Anna Maria Tremonti of <i>The Current</i> would have another go-round with ms. marshall.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2011/12/06/ethical-oil/" rel="nofollow">She gave her hell once</a> and it was classic . . . .West End Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899808253017644309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-89926285719795950692012-01-08T19:43:19.937-08:002012-01-08T19:43:19.937-08:00oh poop to Kathryn Marshall. Except for the inevit...oh poop to Kathryn Marshall. Except for the inevitability of an oil disaster in conjunction with this pipeline, ordinary Canadians have no positive stake in this. No ordinary Canadians are going to profit from this. Give me a break.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11131927710530023725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-20707062469691956542012-01-08T19:34:43.928-08:002012-01-08T19:34:43.928-08:00For the edification of your readers, Alison, from ...For the edification of your readers, Alison, from the good folks at CorpWatch.org, some excellent info about the corps listed above.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/corpwatch?q=DAEWOO+INTERNATIONAL+AMERICA+CORP&is=corpwatch.org&x=0&y=0" rel="nofollow">Daewoo International</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/corpwatch?q=BP+CANADA&is=corpwatch.org&x=14&y=8" rel="nofollow">BP Canada</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/corpwatch?q=%22Total+SA%22&is=corpwatch.org&x=0&y=0" rel="nofollow">Total SA</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/corpwatch?q=EXXON+MOBIL+OIL&is=corpwatch.org&x=0&y=0" rel="nofollow">Exxon Mobil Oil</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/corpwatch?q=Koch+Industries&is=corpwatch.org&x=0&y=0" rel="nofollow">Koch Industries</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/corpwatch?q=Sinopec&is=corpwatch.org&x=0&y=0" rel="nofollow">Sinopec</a>the regina momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01450243661848540975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-63104834827424655352012-01-08T17:02:10.803-08:002012-01-08T17:02:10.803-08:00Many companies in Canada are not as Canadian as pe...Many companies in Canada are not as Canadian as people think they are...<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_ownership_of_companies_of_CanadaC2http://canadatoo.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com