This is just funny. Canada must put aside the rhetoric and return to the negotiating table if the softwood lumber dispute with the United States is to be settled once and for all, U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins said Wednesday. “What we don’t need is continued rhetoric to raise the emotional issues.” It’s funny because Canada …
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Honouring Ernest “Smokey” Smith
Tomorrow, Ernest “Smokey” Smith will lie in state (CBC) in the foyer House of Commons of Canada in Ottawa. He was the last remaining recipient of the Victoria Cross in Canada. He earned it for his heroic and brave acts while fighting in Italy in 1944. He died on Sunday at the age of 91. …
Texas buys up Canadian Oil/Gas pipelines
Canada is fast becoming the economic battleground between China and the US. Yesterdy, Kinder Morgan announced a $7 billion takeover bid of Terasen Gas of British Columbia. Terasen is a major pipeline operator into the oil and gas fields of Northern BC and Alberta and is active in the Oil Sands. (Audio Podcast Available) It …