global economy

Human rights campaigner Grahame Russell says Canada’s mining giants exploit the South

By Nicole Barrington January 25, 2012

For many pampered Canadians, it is difficult to imagine a foreign company evicting an entire community, claiming the land for mining purposes and doing so without any form of government intervention.

Sadly, this is the reality for thousands of displaced families living in South America — and at least 500,000 people in Guatemala alone. What’s even more difficult to fathom is that a handful of these mining companies are Canadian. Also surprising is that Canadian citizens greatly benefit from investments in these companies — perhaps in ways they haven’t considered.

According to Canadian human rights activist Grahame Russell, this is only one example of “global economic order” at work.