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Support UsExpanding Canada-Mongolia Relations: Resource-Based Democracies in Collaboration
Published: April 19, 2010 in Canada-Asia Agenda (4 pages)
Abstract
As Mongolia’s Oyu Tolgoi giant gold and copper mine begins a decades-long development financed, in part, by Vancouver-based Ivanhoe Mines, the country faces one of its harshest winters on record. The author argues that as Canada is the largest mining investor in Mongolia, it should be prepared to offer humanitarian assistance to help Mongolia manage the disaster it is facing, as well as support for democratic development and improved opportunities for people-to-people exchanges.
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What an excellent idea,
What an excellent idea, especially as mining and milling operations can be very water intensive. Mongolia is naturally short of ground water and that is exaccerbated now. The traditional herding economies are dying rapidly as are the herders and their families. Economic development yes, but with due attention to the people.
We could easily provide
We could easily provide better English education for people around the mine operations. With better English they would find a bit of a lift for getting visas too. In a similar pattern, Hainan island will be getting massive resort developments, and better english and hospitality english training could give a lot more jobs to locals. Education helps in both cases.
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