Canada has long undermined impoverished countries’ bid to draw greater benefits from their commodities. Ottawa’s opposition to Indonesia’s move to add value to its nickel and rejection of its call for a producers’ partnership is a recent example. Canada is a third-party supporter of a European Union lead suit against Indonesia at the World Trade... Continue Reading →
Mining feminism to support Canadian corporations abroad
An important component of Justin Trudeau’s international branding exercise is his “feminist foreign policy”. Government officials emphasize feminism/women’s empowerment in public statements, diplomatic twitter accounts, Global Affairs websites, etc. As part of these efforts, government officials have increasingly promoted women’s role in the patriarchal mining industry. The Trudeau government’s feminist rhetoric on mining largely seeks... Continue Reading →
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