3 C5 \5 [9 `8 `5 O0 C) v; IJoe Oliver: Yet more proof foreign radicals (yes, radicals) are sabotaging Canada’s economy9 d' Z) E8 ]& H+ m* k
Special to Financial Post Joe Oliver ) U4 {' d: X; J* ]' T3 |The 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. + d8 [) m2 Z7 D. w1 v
+ s# o7 @' p6 R4 Z S+ r! t- }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.