United States Defense Secretary James N. Mattis meets with Saudi Arabia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Pentagon in Washington D.C., Mar. 22, 2018. DoD photo by Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kathryn E. Holm (Flickr). The following is an
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Canadian Dimension: Justin Trudeau, Liberal Let-Down
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pose for a photo at the 43rd G7 summit in Taormina, Sicily, Italy in March 2014. Photo by the European Council (Flickr.) It all started so promisingly. It’s hard to forget the bright, warm day in
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Justin Trudeau’s giant corporate giveaway
Photo by Simon Fraser University While prime minister Justin Trudeau flogged our public assets last week, he had a soothing message: rest assured, we’ll be well-served by the private sector. Bankers and billionaires lined up to sound a note of confidence. “I think it’s unprecedented,” exclaimed Canada’s top business lobbyist
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Surprise, the pundits were wrong: poll shows huge support for Leap Manifesto
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For weeks, the corporate media has spouted a stern prediction: Canadians will flee in horror from the Leap Manifesto. We are a “modest shift people,” not “big shift people”. The…
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Canadian government spent millions on secret tar sands advocacy
Photo by Fibonacci Blue Canada’s Conservative government spent several million dollars on a tar sands advocacy fund as its push to export the oil faltered, documents reveal. In its 2013 budget, the government invested $30 million over two years on public relations advertising and domestic and international “outreach activities” to
Continue readingCanadian Dimension | Articles: Quebec’s Lac-Mégantic oil train disaster not just tragedy, but corporate crime
Five days after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, the rural town resembles a scene of desolation. Its downtown is a charred sacrifice zone. 50 people are likely dead, making the train’s toll one of the worst disasters in recent Canadian history. In the explosion’s
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Quebec’s Lac-Mégantic oil train disaster not just tragedy, but corporate crime
Five days after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, the rural town resembles a scene of desolation. Its downtown is a charred sacrifice zone. 50 people are likely dead, making the train’s toll one of the worst disasters in recent Canadian history. In the explosion’s
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: The Harper Offensive
In the halls of power in Europe and the United States, well out of sight of Canadians, the Harper government has been waging a diplomatic and political war over the energy future of North America. The Alberta tar sands are the centrepiece of Harper’s Canadian energy agenda, and he and
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