bush_cheney2004 Posted June 13, 2007 Report Posted June 13, 2007 Human rights and environmental protection doesn't apply so far away from home. Thar's MINERALS in them thar hills! Here's a good rationalization: "If it becomes too onerous for Canadian companies to operate in developing countries, they'll leave," said Erin Airton of Vancouver's Platinum Group Metals, which has mines in South Africa and Mexico. "Then someone else will take the minerals." http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14379 Made In Canada: Violence & Displacement The devastation and violence perpetrated by Canadian mining corporations has been documented clearly with links to human rights violations in Guatemala, Peru, Romania, the Philippines, Honduras, Ecuador, Bolivia, Ghana, Suriname, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, India, Indonesia, Zambia and Sudan. http://www.seinforma.ca/latinamerica.html Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
kuzadd Posted June 13, 2007 Report Posted June 13, 2007 Bush Cheney, it all about the 'war on terror" and "islamofascism" and good vs bad. You really think a rational story is going to garner interest? Not sensational enough! Not rhetorical enough! No labelling, or promoting of stereotypes, generalizations and smears? Of course it's about the resources, it always is! Quote Insults are the ammunition of the unintelligent - do not use them. It is okay to criticize a policy, decision, action or comment. Such criticism is part of healthy debate. It is not okay to criticize a person's character or directly insult them, regardless of their position or actions. Derogatory terms such as "loser", "idiot", etc are not permitted unless the context clearly implies that it is not serious. Rule of thumb: Play the ball, not the person (i.e. tackle the argument, not the person making it).
myata Posted June 13, 2007 Report Posted June 13, 2007 We have laws to prosecute child sex tourism. And a few days ago there's been a lot of the noise to take in a military officer (from Bangladesh?) because he could be extradited and judged in less than 100% absolutely perfect conditions. Why isn't the same standard being applied to Canadian companies operating abroad? Could it be ... the money? Quote If it's you or them, the truth is equidistant
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