War with Iran, will the UK help

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I'm not sure how the tar sands have to do with Canadian imperialism though, the oil is only being mined because Americans are buying it, evident by the fact that a good number of the mining projects are American owned. It doesn't even matter if the pipeline is built or not, anyway, since the companies will just continue to deliver it through the existing pipelines and by tanker. Nor does Canada particularly want the pipeline, this has more to do with political alliance between the Tories and the Republicans. The Kyoto pull out was arranged in secret by the Tories without consulting parliament, and has caused outrage. And Canada's carbon emissions are still lower than the US's per capita. The Kyoto accord itself is a political document more than it is about effectively dealing with environmental concerns. It displaces undue pressure onto economies that are natural resource based, for the energy cost of production, despite the fact that they are not the only ones consuming those resources. It would be economically disastrous for Canada to agree to such a lopsided international treaty, that favours service economies (cough, Europe, cough) disproportionately. Also, Canada is joining the US as the only two developed countries not to support Kyoto, which again just reflects the political alliance between the Tories and American conservatives. Canada was also not the worst performer who signed Kyoto, Australia was, and pretty much any growing economy in the West over the period. Most countries who signed Kyoto stagnated since the 90s instead of cutting, just because their economies have stagnated. I fail to see how any of this has to do with Canadian imperialism.

Also, the Goldcorp "human rights abuses" are confusing at best. A local Guatemalan mining company had started the mine prior to being bought by Goldcorp. The accusation of human rights violation were that the government had violated aboriginal land treaties when it sold the rights to the land. Goldcorp didn't even participate in that. This was also followed up by accusations of health risks driven by hysterical protesters, said accusations turned out to be without scientific proof and all studies have shown that local waters are within safety standards.

It's fairly disingenuous to try and draw comparison between these and the US funding coups. At best, in recent years, all I can think of is Canada's interference in the Somalian civil war in the 90s (which also involved US forces). Canada is also often complicit in the imperialism of its allies.