Harper promotes climate change with EU deal

BUY LOCAL This philosophy is both rational and profound. The shipping of goods by plane, truck, or ship adds to the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases which cause climate change, the most destructive effect of our growth intoxicated materialistic society. Mr. Harper is in the process of signing another free trade deal, this time with the European Union. This clearly demonstrates not only that he  couldn't care less about climate change, but also that he is blithely  exasperating it. The small entrepreneur – a farmer or grocer – can successfully compete with the large multinational corporations by selling fresh produce to his neighbours. The free trade agreement clearly demonstrates that the rhetoric about supporting the entrepreneur is about supporting the large multinational corporations.  It is not the small farmer or storekeeper who is going to negotiate trade with companies in Europe, it is the large corporation who has the resources to do it. An example of the misguided philosophy of this government is that it believes that competition is the cornerstone of successful business practice. We have seen over the years that the winners become incorporated and become ever increasingly large companies. We have witnessed the failure of many small hardware stores and grocery stores and clothing stores and bakeries etc. because the idea that they can compete with Canadian Tire or Loblaws or Sears is a joke. Corporations import goods from countries who pay low wages and have no safety standards or pensions and even with the cost of transportation can sell their goods at low prices. The larger multinational corporations have also been buying the competition and we now have corporations who have  more wealth than many countries. A few of the recent examples follows: Swiss-based Glencore International PLC receives approval from the Canadian government on July 15, 2012, for its $6.1-billion bid to take over Viterra Inc., a Regina-based agribusiness.. Brazilian mining giant Vale acquires Toronto-based Inco, the world’s second-largest nickel producer company, for $19.4 billion in 2007. U.K.’s Rio Tinto takes over mining and aluminum company Alcan in a $38-billion US deal in 2007 Swiss company Xstrata acquires Toronto-based copper and nickel mining company Falconbridge in a 2006 deal that values the company at approximately $24.1 billion. U.S. Steel Corp. takes over Canadian steel-maker Stelco in 2007. Graphics chipmaker ATI Technologies based in Markham, Ont., is acquired by U.S. company Advanced Micro Devices in October 2006 in a deal valued at $5.6 billion US. The Caterpillar Inc. takeover of locomotive builder Electro-Motive in London, Ont., in 2010 is questioned when Caterpillar closes the plant permanently in February 2012, after failing to obtain demands workers accept pay cuts as deep as 50 per cent. Buy Local!! Ross Hermiston - Holistic Party -http://rosshh.blog.com/