Raising a Red Flag on TILMA: Communities Should Take Action!

Apr 17, 2007 in the briar-wire by dispatch | No comments

by Nik Basque

Maritimes Indymedia
March 30, 2007

This April Fools Day marks the beginning in a dangerous shift in power. The Alberta and BC governments have signed an agreement that empowers corporations to sue governments if regulations limit their right to make a profit. In effect, these governments have undermined their own ability to set regulations in the interest of the public good, in exchange for the interests of corporations’ responsibilities to shareholders. And, the icing on the cake, the agreement was not subject to legislative debate or public consultation.

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Quote from the Underground

“With the fall of the Soviet Union----historically the world's most powerful communist state----and with the decline of communism as an economic philosophy in China, it has been all but assumed that the poor of this century lack the institutional strength to mobilize against the rich. But is this necessarily true? Is it possible that the incredible income gap that has emerged between suddenly wealthy urban China and mostly-rural, impoverished China will explode? If that happened, would there be copycat revolutions around the world? Is the trend toward socialism in South America----centred on the growing influence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez----a momentary blip, or a long-term movement? Is it really a move toward socialism, or is it a populist movement likely to evolve into authoritarianism, with Peronist undercurrents? If it turns out to truly be socialism in the nature of the Castro regime in Cuba, and it spreads throughout South America, could the first half of the 21st century witness a return to the kind of ideological conflict that marked the last half of the 20th century?”
Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence, Managing Turmoil: The Need to Upgrade Canadian Foreign Aid and Military Strength to Deal with Massive Change - October 2006