Harper Watch – October 13 to 21, 2012

Harper Watch – October 13 to 21, 2012

Posted on October 22, 2012 by TheAlektera

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LEAD NOW – TELL HARPER CANADA IS NOT FOR SALE
A VICTORY AGAINST MORE MEDIA CONCENTRATION

Ipolitics – Harper’s seals won’t bark forever

But the distance that has opened up between Harper and Kenney on China, where they once marched lock-step against Jean Chretien’s detente with Beijing, can’t be papered over. Into that gaping abyss, a whole party could disappear. As the Conservatives used to remind everyone, China is run by Communists, it spies on everyone, it wantonly purloins other people’s intellectual property, and oh yes, it executed 10,000 of its own people.

OPINION

Toronto Star (Thomas Walkom) -  B.C.’s low-wage migrant coal mining jobs send us back to the future

Early on in the 20th century, the silver and gold mines of Northern Ontario imported thousands of foreign workers. The mine owners said they were filling a labour shortage. But their real reason was to keep wages down.

Canada.com (Ethan Cox) – Who needs democracy?
(Interesting that Canada.com (National Post online) which was once regarded as very rightwing  would publish an article that first appeared on the leftie Rabble.ca)
Ottawa, Chairman Harper is taking a sledge hammer to what was already our feeble excuse for democracy. With the ‘son of omnibus’ he has displayed a disregard for democracy so severe the CBC’s At Issue panel, no bastion of liberalism, unanimously condemned it as an “affront to democracy.”

FREE TRADE – CNOOC NEXEN DEAL

Canada.com – National security ‘very important’ in relationship with china: Harper

(Thank you, thank you Dear Leader for finally taking a minute to give us some idea that you are putting some thought into this matter.)
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the national-security angle to Canada’s relationship with China is something his government takes very seriously.  The remarks Friday came amid renewed concerns about Chinese espionage and also as Harper faces a major decision on an oil-industry takeover by a state-owned Chinese company.

Vancouver Observer – Canada-China FIPPA agreement unconstitutional, treaty law expert says

The Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Act (FIPPA), Canada’s biggest foreign trade treaty since NAFTA, will come into effect at the end of October and bind both the federal and provincial governments of Canada to its clauses for the next 31 years until 2043. International investment law expert and Canadian citizen Gus Van Harten says provinces have a strong case for challenging the treaty on constitutional grounds.