Investment
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() Sold Down the YangtzeCanada's lopsided investment deal with China |
When legal experts finally saw the terms of the investment deal Canada had signed with China, they could hardly believe what their eyes. The deal was unprecedented — Canada had never given … | Gus Van Harten | 368 | 2015 | View |
From ![]() PrefaceFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
Outline of how Van Harten will approach his analysis of the FIPA and what is wrong with the deal for both Canadians and Chinese people | Gus Van Harten | 6 | 2015 | $0.60 Add |
From ![]() A Prime Minister bends the kneeFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
How the Harper Governments association with China lef to the FIPA which favours China’s agenda and disregards economc and democratic priorities of Canada | Gus Van Harten | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() Protecting Canadian investors, with a catchFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
The FIPA does provide stronger protection for Canadian investors in China but here Van Harten outlines why they are not strong protections | Gus Van Harten | 6 | 2015 | $0.60 Add |
From ![]() China can keep its discriminatory lawsFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
Outlines the lopsided nature of the FIPA regarding the fact that China has more law in place against foreign investment than Canada does. | Gus Van Harten | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() Canada plays the capital-importing loserFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
Canadians assume more of the risk and constraints because Chinese companies own more in Canada, making Canada the capitalimporter in the relationship. By implication, the FIPA’s negative … | Gus Van Harten | 12 | 2015 | $1.20 Add |
From ![]() Nashville CallingFrom: Clean Money Revolution |
I was unwilling to enter the business world if it meant giving up a life of meaning, or abandoning my incredible friends who had dedicated themselves to protecting people and planet. I needed an … | Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge | 25 | 2017 | $2.50 Add |
From ![]() The magical FIPA: attracting Chinese investment without any environmental impact!From: Sold Down the Yangtze |
It is especially telling that the government, in its environmental assessment of the China FIPA, discounted entirely the possibility of environmental impacts of new Chinese investment in Canada. … | Gus Van Harten | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() Through the Looking GlassFrom: Clean Money Revolution |
how can money be deployed in a spirit of service, rather than simply to make more money. Organizations with a systemic approach can effectively leverage relatively small amounts of capital into … | Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge | 28 | 2017 | $2.80 Add |
From ![]() Market access for Chinese investors, but not for Canadian investors From: Sold Down the Yangtze |
Chinese companies have a general right in the FIPA to buy into Canada’s economy, which is then subject to limitations in some cases. On the other hand, Canadian investors have no general … | Gus Van Harten | 11 | 2015 | $1.10 Add |
From ![]() The Story MachineFrom: Clean Money Revolution |
Invest in “companies that would be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem. Renewal Partners put capital into for-profit enterprises, but our larger goal was to model money … | Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge | 24 | 2017 | $2.40 Add |
From ![]() Faith in the Investment Canada ActFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
It is true that the FIPA has a carve-out for the Investment Canada Act. This carve-out lets the federal government block specific Chinese takeovers of Canadian companies. On the other hand, the … | Gus Van Harten | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() Towards Financial Sustainability |
If you took a survey of social entrepreneurs, particularly those in the startup phase, and asked them about their top challenges, you’d no doubt hear one constant refrain: funding. That is … | Elisa Birnbaum | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
From ![]() Unleashing PhilanthropyFrom: Clean Money Revolution |
Giving away money is an under-realized subset of clean money. The world needs to unleash the charitable sector in solving big problems. Foundations are monumentally important in this. They hold … | Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge | 18 | 2017 | $1.80 Add |
From ![]() Possible conflicts over Canadian jobs, health, and the environment From: Sold Down the Yangtze |
not all Chinese investment in Canada is objectionable. Yet, for many Canadians, it seems possible that Chinese investment will undermine their priorities when it comes to jobs, health, or the … | Gus Van Harten | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() Clean Money EmergenceFrom: Clean Money Revolution |
Socially responsible investing (SRI) — rating and screening out the worst companies based on ethics and impacts — has been a major component of the shift to a generative economy. … | Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge | 32 | 2017 | $3.20 Add |