[lbo-talk] Rolling Stone: Kill Team

Peter Fay peterrfay at gmail.com
Tue Mar 29 07:14:36 PDT 2011


Canadian government has no knowledge of Libya? Seems strange, since Canadian capital knows quite a bit about Libya - after all, they have over $2 billion in Libyan deposits in their banks and lots of Libyan oil and extraction services.

SNC Lavin has about $1b in projects in Libya, and Suncor pumps 50,000 barrels a day from Libya - more than the largest American oil company (Conoco-Philips).

Can you explain again why you guys are so interested in not 'wasting time studying the alleged facts'? Seems that might lead one, for example, to grossly underestimate Canada's interests in fostering war in Libya.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2011/02/28/f-canadian-companies-in-libya.html

A handful of major Canadian companies, including engineering company SNC-Lavalin and oil firm Suncor Energy, have substantial projects in Libya. Oil ventures in Libya typically require foreign firms to pay cash bonuses and put up capital in return for a share of proceeds from a joint venture. Neither SNC-Lavalin nor Suncor have said if any of their transactions have been blocked by the sanctions. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/canada-freezes-23-billion-in-libyan-assets/article1925091/

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:22 PM, OECDObserver world <ocdeobserver at gmail.com
> wrote:


> I am with Carrol,
>
> The present Canadian government could not locate Libya on map prior to the
> start of the civil war. They are busy trying to sell the Canadian
> electorate on a fleet of new F-38s, and pursue deep integration with the
> US.
>

-- Peter Fay http://theclearview.wordpress.com



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