6 k6 s0 L8 }3 k- |Joe Oliver: Yet more proof foreign radicals (yes, radicals) are sabotaging Canada’s economy; X% E6 M# V3 k. Y% W5 Y& t
Special to Financial Post Joe Oliver0 R m2 t- i; c- n
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 $15 billion this year, due to lack of access to international markets, and much more in lost capital investments. ' D' o9 d( r b$ l
+ {; k5 ^& J+ h8 c( M4 r2 c7 WPerhaps 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.