Canadian Capital and Extractive Imperialism
Blood of Extraction
by Arturo Ezquerro-Cañete
Blood of Extraction is a book about the seamy side of Canadian foreign policy. Its aim is to shed light on the ways in which the Canadian state exercises its (secondary) imperial power to facilitate the expansion of Canadian capital in Latin America. These mechanisms include pushing for neoliberal reforms, underregulating the Toronto Stock Exchange, providing tax benefits, direct subsidies, and diplomatic support to Canadian mining companies operating abroad, and refusing to regulate them outside of the country (Tetreault, 2013). One of the major contributions of this book is its ability to discredit a number of old claims and myths centering around Canada’s commitment to democracy and human rights overseas.
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