Harper government using “humanitarian” aid to boost Canada’s global mining companies - World Socialist Web Site
On en apprend de belles. Les miniers canadiens sont aussi très actifs dans le Caucase, en Arménie et dans les territoires occupés autour du Haut-Karabakh, et enfin en Asie centrale au Tadjikistan si je m souviens bien.
Sinon, on commence à comprendre pourquoi en Afrique, on préfère de loin les Chinois aux occidentaux... Les Chinois ne sont pas tellement philanthropes (Ils sont clairement là pour faire des affaires, et leur attitude commerciale peut-être brutale, mais, entend-on en Afrique, au moins il n’y a pas l’hypocrisie de l’aide.
▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/02/11/cida-f11.html
Harper government using “humanitarian” aid to boost Canada’s global mining companies
By Louis Girard
11 February 2013
At the behest of Canada’s Conservative government, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is working with Canada’s mining companies to silence widespread opposition from people working at, or living near, many of their Latin American and African operations.
The people affected by these projects accuse major Canadian mining corporations of depleting their rivers and contaminating their water; causing health problems (skin disease, cancer, respiratory problems); offering miserable working conditions; and paying miniscule royalty amounts to local governments despite huge profits. This opposition threatens investors’ returns as sometimes it compels Canadian miners to delay or cancel projects. Frequently, it is violently repressed by police or company-hired goons.