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Originally a blog for my 'bewildering' experiences as an international, it has since evolved into... something else. Though not entirely. The point is, when I say 'stupid foreigner', I only sometimes mean myself.
For the curious: left home (Philippines) for two and a half years in Italia (there was a time when I snobbily thought I was abbastanza Milanese); then went on to college in the grand ole US of A (East Coast). Currently I go back and forth between Rhode Island and Manila.
OTTAWA — The federal government is distancing itself from its own lobbying and public relations campaign to polish the image of Alberta’s oilsands, following revelations that an internal strategy document labelled First Nations and environmentalists as “adversaries,” while describing the National Energy Board, an independent industry regulator, as an “ally.”
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The list of allies also includes energy companies, industry associations, and Canadian government departments, such as Natural Resources Canada, the Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Department, Environment Canada and the Privy Council Office.
It includes the “media” as one of its local adversaries, along with competing industry groups, the aboriginals and environmentalists
[@montrealgazette]
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