tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post2369197624535743101..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: It's About Fair Trade, Not Free TradeOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-3828388819545973502013-04-23T14:52:55.458-04:002013-04-23T14:52:55.458-04:00Thanks for the tip, Christopher. Unfortunately, we...Thanks for the tip, Christopher. Unfortunately, we have been sold a bill of goods which history has proven is self destructive.<br /><br />No one mentions these days that, if you are looking for the causes of World War I -- and there were many -- one was the brutal competition between nations which free trade in the 19th century promoted.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-48447092108571705972013-04-23T13:31:44.757-04:002013-04-23T13:31:44.757-04:00I recommend Sir James Goldsmith's book 'Th...I recommend Sir James Goldsmith's book 'The Trap' for anyone interested in a succinct explanation as to why global free trade does not work. It was written in 1995 as a rebuke to GATT and it looks more and more accurate as each day turns to the next.7679 elcurrowAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866620282445716667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-13411620521430920142013-04-21T14:56:23.687-04:002013-04-21T14:56:23.687-04:00The problem, Mound, is that -- in Harper speak -- ...The problem, Mound, is that -- in Harper speak -- free trade means protecting the interests of investors.<br /><br />All of the deals since NAFTA have been about making the world safe for investors.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-4502176768791570192013-04-21T14:51:48.534-04:002013-04-21T14:51:48.534-04:00Thanks for the link, Mound. It wasn't the firs...Thanks for the link, Mound. It wasn't the first time Emerson sold out his constituents.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-65828549789579810772013-04-21T14:33:56.851-04:002013-04-21T14:33:56.851-04:00Here's a little background story on the softwo...Here's a little background story on the softwood lumber scandal<br />\<br />http://the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.ca/2006/09/rotten-smell-from-little-stevies-ass.htmlThe Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-8725531382049551582013-04-21T14:32:17.261-04:002013-04-21T14:32:17.261-04:00Too true, Owen. Out here we learned that lesson t...Too true, Owen. Out here we learned that lesson the hard way. The Americans wanted to buy B.C. raw logs so they could get the lucrative, value-added wood product processing revenue. <br /><br />We argued that, since they're our logs, we should be able to employ our people to process them into those value-added wood products. We should have the factories, we should have the jobs, we should have the tax revenues. <br /><br />For that impertinence we got our asses sued off under the trade deal we have with the U.S. If we wanted to sell raw logs to Canadian mills we had to sell raw logs to American buyers as demanded. Cap in hand.<br /><br />Bad as the softwood lumber deals have been, Harper made them vastly worse.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com