| z( H7 s+ VJoe Oliver: Yet more proof foreign radicals (yes, radicals) are sabotaging Canada’s economy0 z- Y( d" j+ V5 u% [0 }6 b
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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. : f1 F: g1 }. W3 f# e5 a: O% }
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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.