Canadian Aid to Haiti Tied to Mining Interests

The first purpose is a tool of geopolitics. It's a way of supporting certain political forces in countries that are more amenable to our interests, to, you know, propping up the—let's say, the right-wing Colombian government in the face of a leftward shift in Latin America, which is one of the things that's taken place in recent years. It's been, obviously, used alongside Canadian troops. And if you look where Canadian troops are very active, in places like Afghanistan or, recently, until recently, you know, in Haiti, significant Canadian aid goes there. So for the first intent of Canadian aid since it started in 1950 and continue today is as a tool of geopolitics.

The second motivation of Canadian aid is basically to advance Canadian corporate interests, everything from tied aid to what we're seeing today with advancing the interests of Canadian mining companies in the global south.
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