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 Burma Links Newsletter -
Special Conference Edition, October 2002.
HEAVE-HO IVANHOE!
CAMPAIGN & FLYER
NEW FEATURE: Burma
Action Plus!
Looted Land, Proud people- information dossier
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This report was written by Dave Todd, garment
project adviser to Canadian friends of Burma, together with CFOB
members Penny Sanger and Christine Harmston. The study was made
possible by the generous support of the Communications Energy
and Paper Workers Union of Canada, Rights and Democracy and the United Steelworkers
Humanity Fund. It is based on extensive research in Canada, the
United States, Burma and Thailand by the authors, together with
colleagues and associates in the Worldwide Free Burma movement. |
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This report is intended as an initial
study into the development of tourism in Burma, and its possible
consequences for the people of Burma. It documents human rights
abuses committed by the military government against its citizens,
in its drive to prepare the country for tourists. It also aims
to introduce to the reader the ethical issues surrounding the
development of the tourism industry and some of the dangers that
need to be avoided. It is intended for those involved in the
tourist industry both within and outside the country, for human
rights and activist groups, and for all those interested in Burma
and her future development. It is by no means an exhaustive account,
and we hope it will act as a catalyst to debate on this topic,
so that more detailed research can be done in the future. |
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Most Canadians are probably unaware of
the actions they take which result in supporting Burma's brutal
military regime. This booklet will show, Canada is substantially
intertwined with Burma. The effect of toaday's globalized economy
means we are all interconnected more than ever before through
trade and investment. In Canada's case, hard currency reaches
Burma's juanta mainly through Canadian textiles-imports and joint
ventures between Canadian mining companies and the regime. Burma's
military regime effects Canadian primarily through heroin trafficking. |
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