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The elephant still twitches
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The elephant still twitches

Trudeau’s management of Canada–U.S. relations in the “America First” era

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter looks at Canadian foreign policy under the Trudeau government, specifically in its management of Canada-US relations. 17 $1.70 Add
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The explosion of foreign investor lawsuits

The explosion of foreign investor lawsuits

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

overview of the history of foreign investor lawsuits and how FIPA has accelerated them 9 $0.90 Add
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The FIPA and the courts

The FIPA and the courts

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

This example shows how investor-state arbitrators can review a country’s highest courts, and order its people to pay for whatever the arbitrators order as a protection for foreign … 14 $1.40 Add
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The FIPA media blitz

The FIPA media blitz

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Analyzes the media’s poorly informed spin on the FIPA and how this fueled government led propaganda 11 $1.10 Add
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The government’s spin, part one

The government’s spin, part one

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

How did the Harper Government spin the FIPA? It would take another book to count all the ways. I discuss four examples in the next few chapters. The first example is the prime minister’s … 11 $1.10 Add
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The government’s spin, part three

The government’s spin, part three

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

My last example of the government’s misleading responses to concerns about the FIPA comes from the legal challenge brought by the Hupacasath First Nation. 11 $1.10 Add
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The government’s spin, part two

The government’s spin, part two

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Despite the Conservatives’ efforts to limit debate, other politicians were able to use the process at the House of Commons trade committee, and elsewhere in Parliament, to put important … 9 $0.90 Add
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“The largest energy project in the entire world”

“The largest energy project in the entire world”

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Analyzes reports about why the Harper Government would support this plan tieing their support to the oil sands and finds the government seemed anxious for China to support Canada’s resource … 12 $1.20 Add
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The legal challenge to the FIPA, part one

The legal challenge to the FIPA, part one

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

The public opposition to the China FIPA included thousands of people who took steps to support an effort by the Hupacasath First Nation, an aboriginal community on Vancouver Island in British … 11 $1.10 Add
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The legal challenge to the FIPA, part two

The legal challenge to the FIPA, part two

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Through focusing on the arguments of the government’s foreign investment expert, J. Christopher Thomas, and how the courts favoured his opinions Van Harten outlines how the legal challenge … 10 $1.00 Add
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The magical FIPA: attracting Chinese investment without any environmental impact!

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. … 9 $0.90 Add
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The Nationalists of 1968 and the Search for Canadian Independence
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The Nationalists of 1968 and the Search for Canadian Independence

From: 1968 in Canada

The year 1968 marked a decisive break in the history of English-Canadian nationalism. An older generation of nationalists, mostly located in rural Canada and concerned with the loosening of … 24 $2.40 Add
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The price tag for democracy

The price tag for democracy

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Chinese investors can use the FIPA to challenge anything that a legislature or government or court in Canada does. They may not win, but the ability to sue in this way is a powerful tool by … 7 $0.70 Add
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The roller coaster continues

The roller coaster continues

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Awards of compensation for foreign investors have risen to billions of dollars, and now tens of billions. Lawyers have developed new and creative arguments for compensating foreign investors, … 6 $0.60 Add
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The special status of Chinese investors

The special status of Chinese investors

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

under the FIPA, Chinese investors now have a power to sidestep Canada’s legal system by starting a lawsuit under the FIPA. Or, they can go to the courts in Canada to attempt to strike down … 9 $0.90 Add
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The strange case of Stephen Gordon

The strange case of Stephen Gordon

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Analyzes an article written in Maclean’s Magazine by Stephen Gordan which presents a poorly informed spin on the FIPA 9 $0.90 Add