By Alison@Creekside “They’re stealing all our best shit,” wailed CPC MP Remplestiltskin from her parliamentary selfie twitter account, rattling off all the HarperGov ideas embraced by the Liberals since they formed a majority government in October: Saudi arms deal – check TPP signed – check Return of the F35 bid – check Keystone XL pipeline […]
CSEC and Brazil: “Whose interests are being served”?
By Alison@Creekside Amusing to see both NaPo and the G&M hosting remarks from former CSIS deputy director Ray Boisvert dismissing the recent Snowden/Greenwald docs which revealed CSEC spied on Brazil’s Mines and Energy Ministry. Snowden was present at the Five Eyes conference where the CSEC presentation on their Olympia spying program on Brazil took place. Boisvert in both papers: […]
Potash and trout bring out the best in the Cons
By Frank Moher Perhaps Alison, the regular blogger in this space, will disagree, but it seems to me the Conservatives have actually done two things right in the last two days. That’s two things in a row. Significantly, both are liable to prove unpopular with their business base in the West, which may mean that […]
Shafted by Canada
By Alison@Creekside Canada is #1 in the world in mining and extractive industries in foreign countries. With over a thousand mining and exploration companies in 100 countries — about 5,000 projects — Canada has well over 50% of the global exploration and mining companies. There have been noises about human rights abuses. On March 26, […]
