28/09/2016
?Aiding? Canada?s Mining Companies
Significant sums in Canadian #8220;aid#8221; are spent promoting international mining initiatives. In a press release last week Ontario-based Carube Copper said it acquired #8220;over 500 square kilometres of the most prospective ground in Jamaica based on historic showings, the work completed and reported in 1993 by the Canadian International Development Agency (#8216;CIDA#8217;).#8221; Canadian aid has facilitated similar work elsewhere. Researching Canada in Africa: 300 years of aid and exploitation I discovered examples of Ottawa funding the collection of geological data in Tanzania, Angola, Cameroon, Niger, Uganda, Kenya and elsewhere. Long time West Africa-based freelance...
