[R-G] THE CANADIAN GREEN LEADER AND HIS WAR MACHINE - THE ULTIMATE GREENWASH!

[Nick Morcinek]

I knew that Jim Harris, the leader of the Canadian Green Party, had some
serious credibility issues, but this is ridiculous!

Good grief, the man has worked for GM food companies, missile manufacturers
and other armament companies!

And they love his work!! He helped increase their profits and sales!

And how do we know this....

Check out his own website  www.strategicadvantage.com

And as for the right wing "cult group" he actively promotes.....

Beam me up Scotty....


Nicholas


THE GREEN LEADER'S "LIAISONS DANGEREUSES"

POTENTIAL INFLUENCE ON POLICY

Green Party leader Jim Harris through his company 
Strategic Advantage coaches corporate managers on 
marketing strategies, customer relations, 
corporate image, and leverage partnerships. His 
clients include among others the auto, armaments, 
petroleum, chemical, pharmaceutical, banking and 
snack food industries. Many of the corporations 
listed on his website 
(www.strategicadvantage.com), such as General 
Motors, Honeywell, GlaxoWellcome, and Novartis, 
however, do not appear in Mr. Harris' bio on the 
Green Party website.

It can be argued that having such a business 
relationship with a corporation won't inþuence 
the development of Green Party policy. However, 
Mr. Harris' business associations might explain 
the Green Party' adoption of a voluntary 
environmental compliance regime and the 
relaxation of mandatory regulation (ISO 14000).

POSSIBLE GURU-STYLE GROUNDING

Harris is also linked to US business management 
guru Steven Covey, known for his best seller "The 
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People". In an 
article by Alan Wolfe, in the Feb 23, 1998 issue 
of "New Republic", Covey's work is described 
under the title "White Magic in America: 
Capitalism, Mormonism and the doctrines of 
Stephen Covey". Covey is considered a founder of 
the self-help movement and has a cult-like 
following. Indeed, several "cult tracking" 
websites have extensive references to him and his 
organization.

According to the Strategic Advantage website 
www.strategicadvantage.com, Mr. Harris 
represented the Covey Leadership Center in Canada 
from 1992 to 1996. His experience with the Covey 
Leadership Center is not mentioned in his Bio on 
the Green Party website. In Harris' Strategic 
Advantage website, however, he continues to 
promote Covey's ideas. In Alberta, Franklin Covey 
Canada, Ltd (a Covey subsidiary), boasts of 
clients such Shell Canada, Suncor, Nigerian 
National Petroleum Company, Pratt & Whitney, 
Bayer, Dow Chemical, and Pharmacia & Upjohn.

POTENTIAL PERCEPTION OF INCONSISTENCY

Mr. Harris has repeatedly claimed during this 
2004 election that his party is the only one 
talking about health and about prevention of 
disease through lifestyle choices and good diet.

However, one of his many corporate clients is the 
Snack Food Association based in Alexandra, 
Virginia. Mr. Harris gave a keynote presentation 
at Snack Food Association's annual meeting SNAXPO 
in 1997, and received a glowing testimonial from 
its president, James Shufelt.

The Snack Food Association represents 800 snack 
food companies, some of whose products are listed 
below:

Mac's Chili Lime Pork Rinds, Pea Ridge Elk Ranch, 
Elk Snack Sticks With Beef, Pecos Bills's 
Original Beef Jerky, Batata's Bacon-Cheddar 
Flavored Potato Strips, Cheese Twisters Crunchy! 
Cheese Twists, Chip's Chips Sour Cream & Onion 
Snackers, Crunchy Bread Chips Mucho Nacho Snack 
Chips,.Grandma Shearer's Caramel Corn Puffs, 
Grandpa John's Kettle Cooked Pork Cracklins, 
Harvest Road Pretzel Thins, Herr's Barbecue 
Potato Chips, Husman's Sour Cream & Onion Potato 
Chips, Jack Link's Carne Seca Jalapeño Beef 
Jerky, Dippin's Low Fat Mini Pretzels & Mustard, 
Lance Five Alarm! Hot Fries, Leng D'Or Ketchup 
Grid, Pecos Bills's Peppered Beef Jerky. Pepe's 
BBQ Pork Rinds Chicharrones, SnackMasters Beef 
Jerky, Snacks A Lot Original Flavor Snack Mix, 
and Southern Recipe Hot Flavored Pork Rinds.


Joan Russow j.russow at shawlink.ca
David White d.white at shawlink.ca
(250) 598-0071