E. whereas REPSOL is not a Spanish company, as more that half of the shares are owned by foreigners and while REPSOL’s policies are benefiting a small economic elite of shareholders; whereas benefits of REPSOL raised 11 % from 1998 to 2007, workers benefited or an increase of only 1.7 % of their incomes; whereas REPSOL uses to pay a 7 % return on the dividends, while other oil companies are paying 3 % in average to their shareholders;

Accordingly, this legislation, the first ever of its kind in Canada, would affirm these rights and obligations, including rights to consular access, consular visits and repatriation; reporting requirements for Canadian officials when they suspect a Canadian detained or captured abroad has been or may be tortured; and requirements that the government request the repatriation of a Canadian detained abroad in situations where there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Canadian has been or may be tortured, is being subjected to conditions constituting cruel or unusual punishment, or is being arbitrarily detained.

Between 1985 and 2011 alone, apart from the immeasurable wealth appropriated by capital from exploiting the working class in Greece, monopoly capital at home and abroad plundered EUR 628 billion in interest and repayments, either as lender or borrower.

One, 51% of the stock is currently held by foreigners and 38% of the stock is currently held by Americans.

In the space of a few years, precisely because of the famous sorting of investments, companies began taking their money out of Quebec, because there were governments in Ottawa demanding that foreign capital not exceed 49%. What happened?

In 1985, EU investors held 23.7% of all Canadian portfolio bonds held abroad; by 1995, this share had risen only slightly to 24.1%. The explanation for this stable relative share is that the total value of bonds issued by Canadian governments and corporations and held abroad also tripled over the period up from $111.9 billion in 1985 to $329.8 billion in 1995.