Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived in Beijing leading a corporate Canada dream team. The Chinese have definitely noticed. Press reports here have consistently noted that Harper is leading “a strong delegation.”
On Wednesday here, Harper led a “business roundtable” with the following Canadian executives:
- Pierre Beaudoin (CEO of Bombardier)
- Roy Cook (CEO of Monarch Industries and Chair of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters)
- Duncan Dee (COO of Air Canada)
- Lowell Jackson (CEO of Westfire Energy and Chair of Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers)
- Amit Chakma (president of Western University)
- Lorraine Mitchelmore (President of Shell Canada)
- Patrick Lamarre (EVP of SNC Lavalin)
Then on Thursday, Harper held another roundtable discussion with the following participants:
- Lorraine Mitchelmore, President and Country Chair, Shell Canada
- Patrick Daniel, President and CEO, Enbridge Inc.
- Husayn Anwar, President, Westport China
- Tim Wall, President, Apache Canada
- Marcel Coutu, President and CEO, Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., Chairman of Syncrude Canada
- Mr. Brian Ferguson, President and CEO, CenovusNuclear Energy
- Mr. Tim Gitzel, President and CEO, Cameco CorporationMining
- Mr. Paul N. Wright, President and CEO, Eldorado Gold Corporation
- Mr. Ralph Lutes, VP Asian Affairs and Chief Representative for China, Teck Resources Ltd.Forestry
- Mr. Don Kayne, President and CEO, Canfor Corporation
- Mr. Hank Ketcham, Chairman, President and CEO, West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
But that’s not all. Here’s the rest of the corporate and organizational leaders accompanying the Canadian delegation on this visit:
- Mr. Donald Lindsay President and CEO, Teck Resources Ltd.
- Mr. Marcel Coutu President and CEO, Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., Chairman of Syncrude Canada
- David Schellenberg CEO Cascade and Chair AIAC
- Michele Kwok SVP Asia Pacific- Scotia Bank
- Marc Sterling EVP China- Manulife
- John Chang: President of Lulu Island Winery
- Angela Kan: Executive Director of Chinese Christian Missions Centre
- Rev. Dominic Tse: Senior Pastor at the North York Chinese Community Church, and President of the Jubilee Centre for Christian Social Action
- Siu Ngai Lam: President of the Teow Chew Society of Vancouver
- Albert Lo: Chairman, Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF)
- Ming Tat Cheung, President for the Chinese Culture Centre
- Travis Toews President, Canadian Cattlemen’s Association
- Edouard Asnong Chair, Canadian Pork Council
- Ian White President & Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Wheat Board
- Stephen Vandervalk President, Grain Growers of Canada
- Barry Glotman President & CEO, West Coast Reduction
- Rob Jones Director of Sales & Marketing, West Coast Reduction
- Rick McRonald Executive Director, Canadian Livestock Genetics Association
- Brian Read Vice-President, XL Foods
- Stephen Yu General Manager, Viterra Asia & Co-Manager of Maple Grains China
- Jim Everson Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, Canola Council of Canada
- Peter Watts Director. Market & Innovation, Pulse Canada
- Ron Schellenberg Vice President, Hylife Co.
Well there you have it. Corporate nihilistic narcissism at its finest. How many atrocities against the environment and society have these corporate aristocrats commited collectively? How is this good for us? They can pay us less, break our unions, take away benefits because we live in the age of austerity? Who are these nihilistic narcissists looking out for? We the people? These are unelected leeches who are conspiring with a totalitarian capitalist regime. Not good for the 99%!!!!