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Canada Kills, Inc.: a critical political economy of health analysis of Canadian mining in Latin America and the Caribbean

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Ted Schrecker

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Abstract

This article applies a critical political economy of health (CPEH) theoretical-analytic framework to the context of Canadian miningin Latin America and the Caribbean, elucidating how a variety ofpolitical, economic and social mechanisms operate at multiplelevels. Based upon a guided selection of on-the-ground examples, our CPEH analysis demonstrates how the activities of Canadian mining companies, supported by Canadian tax and financial incentivesand foreign policy, are linked to adverse health consequences via a series of health-harming pathways. After critically reviewing how the principal extractive governance approaches fail to address health harms, we propose alternative ways of connecting progressive health research and mining resistance.

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Author(s): Birn A-E, Aguilera M, Klare NS, Schrecker T

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Year: 2023

Volume: 48

Issue: 2

Pages: 301-327

Online publication date: 26/05/2023

Acceptance date: 15/11/2022

ISSN (print): 0826-3663

ISSN (electronic): 2333-1461

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/08263663.2023.2193045

DOI: 10.1080/08263663.2023.2193045

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