Playing with the Dragon III : Why the LPC’s historical alliance with China is one to watch amid current disputes

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  Everything Old Is New Again It was back in 2012 when I first started following Canada-China relations, prompted by then CSIS director RIchard Faddens comments that CSIS was investigating foreign influence on Canadian politicians. The research I did lead to this post, which gives insight based on research and reports relevant to current events:Continue reading Playing with the Dragon III : Why the LPC’s historical alliance with China is one to watch amid current disputes

Coming next week, final installment of Playing with the Dragon- read the second in the series now to catch up.

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Originally posted in June of 2012, this post took a deeper look at how and who has played an integral role in the development of Canada’s foreign policy with China…and why Harper seemed to do an about-face when it comes to the Chinese government. Playing with the Dragon II – The architects behind Canada’s China policy.Continue reading Coming next week, final installment of Playing with the Dragon- read the second in the series now to catch up.

“He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.” ~ George Orwell

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The hypocrisy of Stephen Harper’s recent announcement that he would be boycotting the big grand poo-bah’s summit in Sri Lanka next month is stunning. The lack of comment on it thus far, even more so. According to reports from overseas: ” Canada will skip the meeting because of  what Harper called “serious violations of human rights andContinue reading “He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.” ~ George Orwell

Stories within stories: Harper,why we must stop the Canada-China FIPA and the deal you still don’t really know about.

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“I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend its immorality” ~ Mahatma Gandhi There are two very important things I would ask my readers to do today. First, head on over to http://thecanadian.org/item/1803-how-you-can-help-prevent-the-ratification-of-canada-china-fipa  At the link above, you will find detailed andContinue reading Stories within stories: Harper,why we must stop the Canada-China FIPA and the deal you still don’t really know about.