stevesmith,
Welcome to reality. One day I may get there.

They use funding from foreign special-interest groups to undermine Canada’s national economic interest.

Doesn’t the RCMP function as the Canadian branch of the UK’s MI5 and Special Branch, or like the one stop US FBI? The boys in red tunics are not known for being shy about knocking on or down doors.

Remember that in 2008 Obama raised a significant amount of money from Hamas sanctioned phone banks in Gaza and that his campaign acted affirmatively to disable the software controls that would have protected against the anonymous or illegal use of credit cards. These same tax exempt foundations that are acting against the interests of Canada and the US regarding the pipeline, and in the apparent interests of China Russia and Middle Eastern or other oil despots, are closely tied to the financing of the US Democratic Party and the career of Barack Obama.

These are the same tactics that have been used to cripple the US nuclear industry. Recently Angela Merkel was stampeded into killing the nuclear power industry in Germany. Who benefits from that act? Surprise surpreeze Gazprom employs Gerhard Schroeder and Joschke Fischer, as well as a former Finnish PM and many other Western former eaters at the public trough not otherwise retired on the Saudi dime. Are any Canadian politicians enjoying an overseas augmented pension?

Americans are foolish enough to fund our own enemies, as well as the enemies of our allies, but some ostensibly non-partisan tax exempt foundations are conduits for foreign money, others possibly ship US wealth overseas to benefit other powers. They can do this either directly or by influencing public policy. We have talked before about the abuse of charitable foundations (Heinz, HP, Rockefeller, Ford) despite the intentions of their founders. Others such as Tides are designed from their beginnings as partisan Leftist operations. In other countries the corrupt have to look to overseas financing.