The co-ordinator of a study that researched B.C. Liberal policy suggests Gordon Campbell's hiring of former Canadian Alliance staffers may come back to haunt him. A policy and political analysis of a Gordon Campbell BC Liberal Government. The RCMP officer who earned the nickname Sergeant Pepper at the 1997 APEC summit in Vancouver will be on the front lines at next weekend's Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, once more face to face with demonstrators, once more armed with a can of pepper spray. He has been flown to Quebec City and is training other officers in crowd-control techniques, the RCMP confirmed Thursday. Click here to comment.
Nothing is simple.
The National Post story linked to here seems to support The Globe series position. If the trade spat between Brazil and Canada over aircraft subsidies were played out in the skies, it would be a real dogfight. On the surface, the issue before the World Trade Organization is about how much each government subsidizes its regional jet maker - Embraer SA in Brazil and Bombardier Inc. in Canada. But the conflict runs deeper. Brazil claims the WTO rules, made by industrialized nations, are biased to keep emerging countries out of high-tech sectors like aeronautics.