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Building a Just World: Fair Trade, Ethical Trade and Canada

A documentary series about fair trade and ethical trade, featuring interviews with producers, retailers, activists and researchers from around the world. Download and listen to the documentary at this link. Written by Asad Ismi Produced by Kristin Schwartz Narrated by both In part 1, “Global Pillage”, we examine the roots of today’s so-called free trade […]

Amazingly Rapid Economic Growth has Made China “World’s Workshop”

By Asad Ismi China’s economic ascent over the last two-and-a-half decades has been nothing short of astounding. It now has the fastest-growing large economy in the world, having increased by an amazing 9% a year since 1979, a historical record. As one U.S. newspaper put it, “The world has never seen a nation as big […]

Nortel Implicated in Disastrous Liquidation of Colombia’s Telecom

By Asad Ismi Nortel Networks, Canada’s largest high-tech corporation, has helped bring about the liquidation of TELECOM, Colombia’s biggest telecommunications company, and the likely privatization of its successor. Brampton-based Nortel has assets of U.S.$15.8 billion, 37,000 employees and a presence in 150 countries. Plummeting global demand for telecommunications equipment and poor management have devastated Nortel […]