Out of Africa
Former PM Joe Clark’s B.C. company has just inked a deal to harvest hardwood trees from the bottom of the world’s largest man-made lake in Ghana. What’s a ¬former prairie boy doing in West Africa? Turns out, ¬wooing the Ghanaians with the promise of cutting-edge technology, improved safety across Lake Volta and plenty of jobs. Critics, however, say Clark’s plan leaves the ¬country’s poverty-stricken residents holding the short end of the stick more...
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