In another unpredictable monsoon season, Pakistan’s farming communities face a resurgence in of indentured servitude.

Non-scholars tend to be impressed by studies that are seemingly scientific but on closer inspection simply don’t hold water. They are often offered by our news media in pursuit of government largesse, and our politicians and bureaucrats usually fall for them. As Marc Edge writes, in policy debates, ‘junk science’ should be taken with not just a grain of salt, but several kilos of it.

History shows Ottawa reacts aggressively to reforms that curtail Canadian companies’ ability to profit abroad, and West Africa is a region where Canadians have been able to generate immense profits for themselves due to Western political and economic interference. As such, we should watch the ongoing discussions around mining in West Africa closely.