tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post724050755787383049..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Time To DeliverOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-27228481935847421952016-09-19T20:07:41.332-04:002016-09-19T20:07:41.332-04:00Owen Gray said, "Perhaps Justin could take a ...Owen Gray said, "Perhaps Justin could take a lesson from the Europeans, Toby."<br /><br />There has been quite a bit of opposition to ISDS in Europe, especially France but I don't think Trudeau is listening. He certainly doesn't listen to me. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-43505500345898036882016-09-19T18:37:31.937-04:002016-09-19T18:37:31.937-04:00Perhaps Justin could take a lesson from the Europe...Perhaps Justin could take a lesson from the Europeans, Toby. They don't appear to feel boxed in.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-84138022926230527282016-09-19T18:06:04.620-04:002016-09-19T18:06:04.620-04:00If I was English I would have voted for Brexit. S...If I was English I would have voted for Brexit. Similarly, if I could I would vote to extract Canada from every trade deal since Brian Mulroney signed the first Free Trade deal. I would do so because of ISDS. This isn't just the usual political/corporate graft, this is giving our sovereignty away. <br /><br />Watching our smiling PM avoid all the big issues I have a strong suspicion that ISDS has our government completely boxed in. We can never again be an independent country. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-15357015039727719742016-09-19T15:44:07.486-04:002016-09-19T15:44:07.486-04:00For some reason, John, there's an ever expandi...For some reason, John, there's an ever expanding market for snake oil.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-69457853466314615562016-09-19T15:29:22.899-04:002016-09-19T15:29:22.899-04:00Thanks, Owen.
And then there's this relativel...Thanks, Owen.<br /><br />And then there's this relatively current commentary from David Dayen on 29 Aug 16:<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/isds-lawsuit-financing-tpp_us_57c48e40e4b09cd22d91f660?tn2vs4i&link_id=3&can_id=4651411f5c619247acab217ecb8638bb&source=email-heres-the-new-way-hedge-funds-plan-to-wreck-the-worldand-a-new-gofundme&email_referrer=heres-the-new-way-hedge-funds-plan-to-wreck-the-worldand-a-new-gofundme&email_subject=heres-the-new-way-hedge-funds-plan-to-wreck-the-worldand-a-new-gofundme<br /><br />"Wealthy financiers with idle cash have purchased companies that are well placed to bring an ISDS claim, seemingly for the sole purpose of using that claim to make a buck. Sometimes, they set up shell corporations to create the plaintiffs to bring ISDS cases. And some hedge funds and private equity firms bankroll ISDS cases as third parties."<br /><br />Well, I'll say! It's about time. That's where I'm going to invest! I don't want to make things; I want to make money.<br /><br />A lot more has been discussed about this innovative emerging investment model going back over the last couple of years. Let's start putting some feet to the fire by taking a harder look at the shills in politics, the media and academia who've been marketing this crap more or less on the sole basis of its inevitability, both in the past and presently, before the prophecy fulfils itself.John B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-57963429029681879122016-09-19T14:55:51.581-04:002016-09-19T14:55:51.581-04:00The first reaction to disappointment is silence, M...The first reaction to disappointment is silence, Mound. The second is anger.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-62296605152254928762016-09-19T14:17:12.034-04:002016-09-19T14:17:12.034-04:00Trudeau's shortcomings have received a great d...Trudeau's shortcomings have received a great deal of attention today - iPolitics, The Star, the Globe, even the Guardian. As Harris writes, it's "back to Bullshit City." Notice how so many Liberals who so freely and vociferously condemned Harper during the Tory decade of despair have completely lost their voices lately?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-36456413098124172762016-09-19T12:45:24.694-04:002016-09-19T12:45:24.694-04:00Ir's been pretty clear for a long time that th...Ir's been pretty clear for a long time that the financial class -- broadly defined -- calls the shots, Toby.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-70223095026378802322016-09-19T12:25:26.664-04:002016-09-19T12:25:26.664-04:00Trudeauand crew really make me wonder who is runni...Trudeauand crew really make me wonder who is running the country because they aren't. Any thoughts on who does call the shots? Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-73816864707625488162016-09-19T10:28:54.735-04:002016-09-19T10:28:54.735-04:00The time has come, Steve, for the rubber to hit th...The time has come, Steve, for the rubber to hit the road.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-84275883876506954122016-09-19T09:03:48.316-04:002016-09-19T09:03:48.316-04:00JT kinda has it backwards, traditionally you do th...JT kinda has it backwards, traditionally you do the tough stuff up front and then kiss butt. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.com