(March 21, 2000) For some years now, economists have understood that even where private markets do not function perfectly, government should not intervene unless a rational case can be made that it will do things better.
‘Bottomless hypocrisy’ demands scrutiny
(March 21, 2000) An esteemed Canadian economist has called for a royal commission to probe endemic secrecy within the taxpayer-backed Export Development Corp.
Railway watchdog blasts loan to Amtrak
(March 20, 2000) Export Development Corp.’s secret $1-billion deal with U.S. giant called ‘blatant discrimination against Canadians’.
‘This is a race to the bottom’
(March 19, 2000) Crown agency spends billions secretly backing environmentally destructive projects others won’t touch Export Development Corp. ‘will do anything,’ critic says; EDC VP insists agency ‘routinely’ turns down projects that are environmentally ‘risky’.
Chinese corruption doesn’t faze EDC
(March 19, 2000) The Three Gorges Dam mega-project has been plagued by economic environmental, and political problems — but the money from Canada just keeps flooding in. Jack Aubry reports.
Can Canada be green and competitive?
(March 18, 2000) Speech to the 2000 National Foreign Policy Conference
‘I don’t think patronage is a dirty word’
(March 18, 2000) Why Chretien confidant Pat Lavelle owes his career to the prime minister; Export Development Corporation chairman used to oppose free trade.
Crown Corp. is owed $22 billion for mystery loans
(March 18, 2000) $2.8 billion in bad debts is almost 3 times amount of Shovelgate grants; Even Canada’s auditor general doesn’t know who owes what.
Bombardier’s $1-billion trade secret
(March 18, 2000) How Canada’s hidden loan to Amtrak sealed deal for Quebec firm; Export Development Corp. bailed out U.S. giant while Liberals slashed VIA Rail funding.
Salween Dam survey continues
(March 17, 2000) Since November, a geological survey to ascertain mineral potential along the Salween basin has been going on, said S.H.A.N. source from the north.
Letter to Mr. James Wolfensohn The President of The World Bank from Affected Villagers by Pak Mun Dam
(February 14, 2000) We, representatives of the villagers affected by the Pak Mun Dam and Assembly of the poor, write to you from Mae Mun Man Yuen 1 village on the banks of the Mun river next to the Pak Mun dam.
Smt. Jayawanti Mehta holds talks with world bank officials
(February 3, 2000) Minister of State for Power Smt. Jayawanti Mehta led a team of power sector professionals and developers to USA to attend conferences in Washington DC …
Guardians of South American Rainforest Charge Canada with Destroying It
(February 1, 2000) In the last remaining tropical rainforest of Colombia’s Caribbean coast, the Embera Katio indigenous people are fighting for their survival and for compensation for the destruction of their rainforest. The Urrá dam, built in part with financing from Canada’s Export Development Corporation, is the cause of their woes.
“PUC broke the law” Senator Ambrose Tillett
(January 18, 2000) Opposition Senator, Ambrose Tillett, has written to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) challenging its decision to increase electricity rates and give the Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) an increase in revenues, purportedly to pay for electricity costs.
Empowering China
(December 15, 1999) Senior officials, international aid agencies, and foreign engineering firms continue to push China toward large, expensive and inflexible hydropower projects such as the recently completed Ertan Hydroelectric Project in Sichuan.
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