Category: Tar sands

Another NAFTA Absurdity / Ignatieff “awed” by Tar Sands / New Corporate Tax Lows

  For years, those of us who opposed the FTA, and the even more ridiculous NAFTA, did our best in countless speeches and articles across the country to stress that our #1 concern (among many) was the huge loss of sovereignty that both poorly-negotiated agreements represented. The political parties and the media both did terrible [...]

Saturday May 1st, 2010 in Corporations, Liberal Party of Canada, NAFTA, Tar sands, Taxation | 1 Comment »

A Hidden Danger of China’s Oil Sands Investment

  A friend of mine, businessman Tom Taylor of Toronto, has this comment re the recent Chinese oil sands purchase: Sinopec’s 9% Purchase of Syncrude Sinopec is the Chinese Government’s arm in the oil industry and they have just paid a 20% premium over market for Conoco Philips‘ 9% stake in Syncrude, Canada’s largest company [...]

Sunday April 18th, 2010 in Canadian Politics, Foreign Investment, Tar sands | 3 Comments »