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Canadian Government Reports on IFI Activity Get Good Grade
The Canadian government’s annual reporting on its activities at international financial institutions is getting better, according to the authors, and to a Canadian civil society group which recently gave the latest report its best grade ever.
Press Responses: June 20, 2007
Karyn Keenan, of the Halifax Initiative, was featured on Avi Lewis' "On the Map" on June 20 talking about the National Roundtables on Extractive Industries. The focus was on a controversial mining project in Guatemala being operated by Skye Resources.
Focus on Skye Resources
Mind the (Growing) Gap – Debt, Aid, and Trade (July 2006)
This is a short opinion piece written in July 2006 by Fraser Reilly-King , the Coordinator of the Halifax Initiative Coalition, one year on from the Group of Eight's "Historic" meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland.
IMF, World Bank control damaging Guyana programmes - November 10, 2005
-- Montreal group claims
IMF, Bank Wrongly Take Credit for Poverty Drop
Global poverty has declined over the past 20 years but the successes are not in countries that have closely followed the advice of the World Bank and its sister institution the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a new study shows.
The World Bank and IMF at sixty: plus ça change? (April 2004)
This special issue of the Bretton Woods Update published by the Bretton Woods Project combines retrospective analysis and the latest news on controversial projects and policies of the World Bank and IMF on their 60th anniversary.
New Kind of Apartheid - October 22, 2003
Article from the St. John's Telegram resulting from the Cross-Canada tour on privatization.
Private Interest and the Public Good - October 15, 2003
An article from the Yukon News, resulting from the Cross-Canada tour on privatization
Press responses: November 2003
Feature Article in "Trade Finance" - Navigation Tips for a trade storm
Press Responses - July 17, 2001
Commentary on CBC national radio on debt, the IMF and the World Bank and the G7 in Genoa.
Press Responses - June 5, 2000
CBC radio commentary on the IMF and the World Bank in relation to the Chad-Cameroon pipeline
Press Responses - July 17, 2001
Commentary on CBC national radio on debt, the IMF and the World Bank and the G7 in Genoa.
May 8, 2002, Comment by Paul Martin and Response by HI
There's a better way - Globe and Mail, May 8, 2002(PDF file) [ The Globe and Mail ]
February 2002, Comment piece on Argentina
Argentina owes its people (Peace and Environment News, March 2002
December 19, 2000, Article on Canada's Bilateral Debt
Canada cuts debt of poorest countries
(Globe and Mail), December 19, 2001
April 22, 2000, Opinion Piece on World Bank/IMF
The tale of Hood Robin and his monied men. (Ottawa Citizen) April 22, 2000
Press Responses: April 2, 2000
IMF merciless in the face of disaster - Catholic Newtimes
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Press Responses: 28 Feburary 2000
Canada is being less than charitable: Debt-cancellation policy means less than it might seem. ( PDF file )
Press Responses: June 22, 1999
China pushes Canada hard on controversial Tibet project - Globe and Mail
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