The decay of Canada illustrates two things. Corporate power is global, and resistance to it cannot be restricted by national boundaries.

Remember back in the good old days when Canada stood for something? Sure, we were always going to be a pipsqueak among the big nation-states in the political game, but we had [...]]]>

The decay of Canada illustrates two things. Corporate power is global, and resistance to it cannot be restricted by national boundaries.

Remember back in the good old days when Canada stood for something? Sure, we were always going to be a pipsqueak among the big nation-states in the political game, but we had a spine, and some grit, and we even gave freethinkers in other countries something to be inspired by. Remember when Bono himself declared “The world needs more Canada”?

Now? The world needs Canada like a hole in the ozone layer. We’re home to the biggest industrial pollution project on the planet. We have a government determined to re-draw the cultural lines we once smugly thought set us apart.

Journalist Chris Hedges writes in TruthDig about where we went wrong.

Chris Hedges: Corporations Have No Use for Borders – Chris Hedges’ Columns – Truthdig.