Bad Headlines for Canada: Sponsorship Program has Opposite effect?

Given my (granted limited) attempt to gather International news… I just flipped to cnn.com and was presented with this as the Top Headline on the International Section. New push for separate Quebec If what Chretien wanted to do was truly to promote federalism, it appears he has failed miserably and, at least to outsiders, appeared …

Gomery Report: Will the Government fall?

I doubt it. For a number of reasons… #1: The Conservative Party has not the balls to bring down the government. They *could* do it… without quesiton, but they’d have to make a deal with the Bloc and NDP in order to do it. They’re far too power hungry to do that.. they think they’d …

China makes another grab at US Oil giant

It’s happening all over the Americas. Once the captive audience of the American dynamo… the Americas, and their included oil and gas conglomerates are being courted and outright stalked by Chinese interests. We all know what happened with Unocal earlier this year.. a government backed Chinese company tried a last minute takeover to buy up …