DEVS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Spanish West Indies, Chrystia Freeland, Global Affairs Canada

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Global Development Studies
• Course: DEVS 100
• Professor: David A Mc Donald

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Busi(cid:374)ess, (cid:862)g(cid:396)o(cid:449)th(cid:863) a(cid:374)d ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374) glo(cid:271)al de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374) histo(cid:396)i(cid:272)al a(cid:374)d co(cid:374)te(cid:373)po(cid:396)a(cid:396)(cid:455) Aid, trade, investment and remittances between canada and developing countries. Economic ties between canada and the developing world have been facilitated by a business-friendly foreign policy. Canadian international development agency established in 1966 with a (cid:862)(cid:271)usi(cid:374)ess (cid:272)oope(cid:396)atio(cid:374)(cid:863) ele(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Since 2006, significant blurring of distinctions between profit-seeking, development assistance, and foreign policy. 2013 department of foreign affairs, trade and development, cida is folded into this department: global affairs canada, minister of international trade: fran ois-phillipe champagn, minister of international development: marie-claude bibeau, minister of foreign affairs: chrystia freeland. Skepticism about business role in poverty reduction globally. Guatemala (cid:862)b(cid:396)itish west i(cid:374)dies(cid:863): esp ja(cid:373)ai(cid:272)a (cid:862) pa(cid:374)ish west i(cid:374)dies(cid:863): esp cu(cid:271)a. Canadian business in latin america/caribbean rooted in triangle trade. Canadian banking developed and profited significantly from colonial era ties to. Caribbean and the west indies: bank of nova scotia: jamaica, 1889, royal bank: cuba, 1899.