Comments on: Selling Off the Resources

By: Scott Merrithew

Scott Merrithew — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:06:50 +0000

Well said Shane. I agree.
Protectionism is one thing, but giving away the farm is the opposite extreme.
Your suggestion is a reasonable solution that meets the objectives of the NAFTA while also supporting Canadian interests.
Bravo.

By: Shane Edwards

Shane Edwards — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:01:45 +0000

I don’t even know if it is left wing, but a little dose of national self-interest would be helpful from our government, who are kind of employed to do just that. They are paid to represent Canada’s interests, not the interests of international conglomerates.

By: Jim Pettit

Jim Pettit — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:54:41 +0000

Sounds like the same left wing nationalism I was taught in high school too. It ignores the doctrine of competitive advantage and tries to make us into poor copies of our neighbours.

By: Selling Off the Resources

Selling Off the Resources — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:04:34 +0000

[...] Discourse.net: On the fringes of the public sphere wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt When I was in high school, my social studies class taught us about the basic economic principles behind industry. We were taught about primary industry, secondary industry, and tertiary industry. It was explained that primary industry involves the harvesting of natural resources. Examples of this are logging, mining, and oil drilling. Canada is famous for this, with our abundance of land and resources. Secondary industry involves the processing of raw resources into more usable forms. Exa [...]