http://business.financialpost.co ... ing-canadas-economy " X2 a9 `& W" [4 E. F* x # @3 _9 l) r7 i) h$ I- ]Joe Oliver: Yet more proof foreign radicals (yes, radicals) are sabotaging Canada’s economy # H( g$ X _8 p1 e1 l YSpecial to Financial Post Joe Oliver ' S: Q0 i( }% q+ eThe 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 $15 billion this year, due to lack of access to international markets, and much more in lost capital investments. ' H8 k" n$ C0 j5 x$ x
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Perhaps 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.