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Who's Getting Rich Off Canadian Mines in Africa?

Plenty’s Paradox is a documentary that travels from Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania to Canada to unearth the stories behind some of the world’s largest Canadian-owned mining projects.

This century’s global scramble for metals and minerals has led hundreds of Canadian mining corporations to Africa in search of the next big mine find. Seventy-five percent of the world’s mining corporations are based in Canada. Canadians finance mining companies through taxes paid to government, interest in bank accounts and even pension plans. But who gets rich off Canadian mines?

In Africa, where some of the world’s most lucrative resource extraction projects sit right next to the world’s poorest communities, there is no simple answer to this question. Plenty’s Paradox takes a hard look at why communities, governments and corporations are pitted against each other in a battle to extract the earth’s riches.