Hey hey, $100 says our pipelines are going next :badpokerface:
...our North Arctic Passage, or fresh water resources...
The fact that he has sold NOT ONE, but TWO of our largest oil firms to
TWO STATE-OWNED OIL FIRMS, is beyond infuriating.
This is absolutely ridiculous. If Nexen and Progress were sold off to private firms in America, alright I'd shrug my shoulders and say meh, Tories will be Tories. I mean, it's not the fact that he sold off Nexen and Progress, it's the fact that he sold them to Petronas and CNOOC that drives me insane. If he sold it to the Americans, alright whatever we've been selling things to the US since like 800 BC, but to state-run firms? Overseas? CHINA?! :rukidding::ohgodwhy::seriously::fulloffuck:
*pulls hair out*
I'm up to my limit of the Tories. I want them out of there ASAP when the next elections roll around. It's come to a situation where I dare say that I'd rather have Trudeau in office than Harper, and that's saying a lot, because Liberals are a bunch of tree hugging, tax-increasing hippies. At least he won't sell off half of Canada to state-run firms, something the Tories have been doing for who knows how long.
The Malaysian government itself has its problems and it will be interesting to see how the Malaysian government will act now.
This is from the comments of a CBC article:
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Nexen's share prices went up once the announcement was made in favour of the deal. The CEO's of Nexen knew that would be the case and is the reason why they put pressure on Harper's government for as long and as hard as they did. Had the deal not gone through, Harper's government, and indeed Canada as a whole, would have felt a bone-jarring economic backlash. Did you not read what Manley proclaimed? "Canada welcomes foreign investment because it is good for our economy". So what's the difference between a CEO controlling a sector of the economy and a government? Harper is saying that he doesn't like foreign governments investing in our resources but it's okay for corporations. He didn't say communist governments.
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So it's okay for multinational corporations to own Canada. As long as it's not the citizenry of a country owning our resource. Of course, the government is dead set against Canadians owning our own resources. Where we would get the benefit of them. He did okay the people of China to own in Canada. Where the people of China can get a good return on Canadian oil.
Apart from the fact that they complain that they need to hire foreign workers in the tarsands because Canadians aren't doing it. So why do we need the investment?
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Our economy should be judged on more than one number called the GDP.
That takeover was pressured by 150 of Canada's TOP CEO's, the TOP 1% of the damn pyramid who couldn't care less about Canada. Think about it, do the math, that's 150 business cards on their way to China.
When the top 1% of our population thinks something is good, it's never good for the rest of us.
I have no doubt this event will go down in Canadian history books. "Harper sells off Canadian resources to state-run firms". And what's even more frightening is this is only the beginning. He still has another 2-3 years in office. You do the math.
I'm glad I'm majoring in polisci :ilied: