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Canada must help Colombia crack down on illicit gold trade

Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | January 11, 2017
A man pans for gold in Chiquitania, Bolivia. Mining activity spans everything from artisanal to large-scale industrial operations. Canadian companies are involved in about 50 to 70 per cent of mining activity in Latin America. Jean-François Gornet photograph courtesy of Flickr
Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | January 11, 2017
Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | January 11, 2017
A man pans for gold in Chiquitania, Bolivia. Mining activity spans everything from artisanal to large-scale industrial operations. Canadian companies are involved in about 50 to 70 per cent of mining activity in Latin America. Jean-François Gornet photograph courtesy of Flickr
Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | January 11, 2017
A man pans for gold in Chiquitania, Bolivia. Mining activity spans everything from artisanal to large-scale industrial operations. Canadian companies are involved in about 50 to 70 per cent of mining activity in Latin America. Jean-François Gornet photograph courtesy of Flickr
Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | January 11, 2017
Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | January 11, 2017
A man pans for gold in Chiquitania, Bolivia. Mining activity spans everything from artisanal to large-scale industrial operations. Canadian companies are involved in about 50 to 70 per cent of mining activity in Latin America. Jean-François Gornet photograph courtesy of Flickr
Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | September 7, 2016
Artisanal and small-scale mining creates many jobs in Africa. Center for International Forestry Research photograph by Ollivier Girard
Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | September 7, 2016
Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | September 7, 2016
Artisanal and small-scale mining creates many jobs in Africa. Center for International Forestry Research photograph by Ollivier Girard
Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | May 25, 2016
Former NDP MP Paul Dewar introduced a bill, defeated at second reading in the last Parliament, to put tighter controls on conflict minerals from the Great Lakes region in Africa used to produce smartphones and laptops. Trade in conflict minerals appears to have now emerged in Venezuela. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | May 25, 2016
Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | May 25, 2016
Former NDP MP Paul Dewar introduced a bill, defeated at second reading in the last Parliament, to put tighter controls on conflict minerals from the Great Lakes region in Africa used to produce smartphones and laptops. Trade in conflict minerals appears to have now emerged in Venezuela. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade