Canadian corporate capitalism on July 4, 2016Twenty-first century “Canadian” corporate capitalism is quite the racket. Built with public subsidies, a Montréal firm can shift its ‘head office’ to a tax haven and workforce abroad, but Ottawa will continue to use its diplomatic, economic and military might to advance the company’s reactionary international interests. As part of its coverage of the Panama […]
Canadian companies exploit African resources on June 21, 2016What is wrong here? While Canadian companies exploit African resources for their own benefit this country’s charities call on us to join Africa “hope” walks. Last week Toronto-based Lundin Mining hired the Bank of Montreal to help it decide what to do with its stake in the massive Tenke Fungurume copper-cobalt mine in Eastern Congo […]
Mining a heart of gold? Slave wages and humanitarianism in Africa on May 15, 2016What do you call people who try to make people believe what they say but ignore the results of what they do? How about spin-sploiters? After a few years of research I have come to realize that there is a long and ignoble history of Westerners exploiting Africans while touting humanitarian objectives. Unfortunately, this practice […]