The environmental damage has triggered a wave of protest in the capital Accra demanding a ban on all small-scale mining operations in places like Tarkwa.
“Imposing tariffs on Canadian mineral and metal exports to the US would run counter to the shared goals of secure and reliable supply chains,” the MAC said.
W.A. benefitted little from the boom, but London and world shareholders continue to get 36% profits on their investments, whilst W.A. Contractors were forced to accept 36% pay cuts, and accept 90day payment waits which bankrupted them. The goverment allowed this to happen, now everyones out of work, and unemployment is faked at under 6% but 2/3rds of contractors are “Casual” and entitled to nothing, and not shown in the true unemployment figures of over 18%. Happy days, indeed.
Frederick Michael Stanford
Thanks for preparing this, this was very interesting and well delivered.
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W.A. benefitted little from the boom, but London and world shareholders continue to get 36% profits on their investments, whilst W.A. Contractors were forced to accept 36% pay cuts, and accept 90day payment waits which bankrupted them. The goverment allowed this to happen, now everyones out of work, and unemployment is faked at under 6% but 2/3rds of contractors are “Casual” and entitled to nothing, and not shown in the true unemployment figures of over 18%. Happy days, indeed.
Frederick Michael Stanford
Thanks for preparing this, this was very interesting and well delivered.