Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he’s working toward Canada having a free trade agreement with China one day

CHONGQING— Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he’s working toward Canada having a free trade agreement with China one day.

In an interview with CBC reporter Susan Lunn for The House, Harper said Canada is now taking the first steps with a commitment to complete a joint study by spring.

“It will lead us to discussions to examine the feasibility and some of the potentials of a free trade agreement,” Harper said in an interview to be broadcast Saturday.

“That’s still many steps from actually reaching a free trade agreement. We’re not under any illusion there would be some significant obstacles. But this government’s agenda is to diversify our trade,” he said.

“So my view is we get as many irons in the fire as we can and we see how far we can take it.”

“There will be enormous opportunity in China if we could ever get to that stage but at the same time, not under any illusions that there would be a significant number of economic and other questions that would have to be answered.”

Original Article
Source: Star 
Author: Tonda MacCharles 

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