L" b' s! y( o% ?8 r" EJoe Oliver: Yet more proof foreign radicals (yes, radicals) are sabotaging Canada’s economy% G k p: H3 ?
Special to Financial Post Joe Oliver * J) N! y' u1 o8 t1 L/ jThe latest proof is in, although the facts have been obvious for many years. Foreigners are financing and organizing opposition in Canada to natural resource development, part of an anti-fossil-fuel campaign that is costing our economy an estimated $15 billion this year, due to lack of access to international markets, and much more in lost capital investments. # S$ s l0 e/ Z: C# T
) q2 o" R1 w5 K. K KPerhaps the most recent little gem will finally get the chattering class to acknowledge reality: A leaked U.S. document preparing mass-action protests against Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. It sets out goals and operating principles for a clandestine organization designed to drive political resistance under the guise of an independent rank-and-file protest movement.