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Canada retools foreign aid to benefit mining conglomerates
The topic of “foreign aid” has always been fraught with controversy. Harper government initiatives will erase some of the ambiguities about what “aid” should be and who it is aiding.
In the past we have always fostered the illusion that aid is intended to help the less fortunate of the world. According a speech delivered by International Cooperation Minister Julian Fantino on Friday, that idea is so last century.
Going forward we will use our foreign aid budget to do PR work for Canadian mining companies like Barrick and RioTinto Alcan. Canadian tax dollars will go to private sector groups like World Vision to make host communities “investment ready”.
Host communities will be selected on the basis of where these mining conglomerates want to develop new projects.
Sounds like a sure-fire win-win for the mining companies.
2012-11-25 17:02:37
Source: http://theviewfromfallingdowns.blogspot.com/2012/11/canada-retools-foreign-aid-to-benefit.html
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