Selling Out to State Owned Companies

[wilagro]

Francisco: Trust you to post an opinion piece that should be titled "An Ode To A Prime Minister". Rex "Mush-Mouth Murphy" is being his usual self...being contentious is his "thing".

Despite what Rex writes, a good many people are very concerned about what our P.M. is doing and they don't like the direction that he has chosen for Canada domestically and in relationships with other nations.

Yes, we can make fun of his custom-made wigs (most likely made in China) and criticize his amateurish attempts at statesmanship but in the end those are minor compared to the long-term and for the most part SECRET pacts (some lasting for thirty-one years) made with so-called trading partners in Asia. Canadians DON'T LIKE these deals where the dispute settlement processes are totally SECRET. In other words we don't like SNEAKY POLITICIANS.

[ASRG]

Look the fact is Nexen has a gong show going on in the oilsands? Check it out a bit.....really poor technology?
The only suckers who bit were the Chinese....if it was any good everu oil company in the world would be lining up!

Same with the Malaysia gas deal...who in their right mind wants to be in NG right now?

Stephen Harper isn't my favorite politician, but having said that, I think he is doing a "fairly" good job considering what he has to work with?

He has done some good stuff by reducing some of the more blatant parasites out of government(not nearly enough!) and keeping a bit of a lid on the spendthrift/tax stuff?

God help us if we get Muclair or Trudeau in charge of the credit card!

[phoenix64]

remember people! this isin't selling out, this is making peace, they have tons of capital to develope ours and other countries resources, they desperately need food and energy to keep their ball rollin. If harper, obama and the rest of the developed world does not make nice and allow them a piece of the pie they will simply come and get the hard way, no matter to them.

[Burbert]

In the future the color of the world is
gonna be Yellow. Soooooooo, lets sell
out while the selling is good. It
appears that Harper has commie leanings,
cousin he's so in love wit them.
Commies and Conservatives have a lot in
common, theys mean, always crackin down
on people, makin up draconian laws and
gettin tough with. They make ya buy yer
own bullets fer yer own execution. Yup
theys got a lot in common, now fer
instance, Comedia. Heil Harper you
sneacking, low life, scum sucking,
commie butt kissin slimeball......

[grower99]

I wonder what the response would have
been in the West if Paul Martin, when he
was PM,would have signed a deal with
Communist China to develop the oil
sands? Can you hear Baird...?A side note
I was at Question Period several weeks
ago. I watched a lot of MPs not paying
attention and unfortunately several govt
MPs signing Christmas cards!! A very
productive bunch!! And now we are
getting more MPs! WTF!

[countryguy]

Grower off topic but it sounds like the MPs have about the same work ethic as most of the civil servants in this country. Some kind of mental retardation happens when they start receiving that Rona Ambrose signed paycheck.

[sumdumguy]

Seems like the prime minister is doomed no
matter what he does. Just a short time ago we
were sending delegations over to announcs that
we were open for business. Now that we got a
bite, the fish is too big and too strong. What are
we going to do? We can't get him in the boat.
Our boat!

[rhoff]

ASRG If you saw what Natgas sold for in Asia you
would quickly understand why petronas is doing
this. IMO its a deal that both countries need.