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Originally Posted by Makarov
So, even if one were to presume that every single dollar donated by a "USA foundation" was done so in a naked attempt to buy influence and subvert Canadian economic interests, it would represent roughly 7% of total public donations over that period and roughly 2% of total revenue for Canadian environmental non-profits.
It is preposterous to draw the conclusion from this that Canadian environmental groups and first nations have been co-opted in some sort of widespread way by US economic interests. In fact, un light of those numbers, I don't even think its a plausible theory.
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Your "numbers" are also totally meaningless. Suzuki et al have dozens of initiatives, whales, dolphins, farmed fish, hydro dams, native claims, gold mining and so on. Whereas foreign donations from the specifically mentioned interest groups have attached mandates to them.