[Ost-news] Racism in the Tar Sands: exploiting foreign workers and poisoning indigenous people

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Racism in the Tar Sands: exploiting foreign workers and poisoning indigenous people  
June 12, 2008

By Macdonald Stainsby

The giant corporations that are determined to exploit the Alberta tar sands face a major problem — a serious shortage of local labour to do the actual work. So the Canadian and Albertan governments have a plan, ideal in their eyes, to solve the crunch.

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    [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/racism-tar-sands-exploiting-foreign-workers-and-poisoning-indigenous-people

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