America, China and their corporations continue the new wave of colonialism

natural resource harvesting boosting its corporations’ shares and employing many within this nation.

term investment.

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Manufacturing and the technological sectors are extremely weak however, dependent upon imported technology and specialists. Guyana seems to rely upon the outreach of nations such as China, for aggressive investment and expertise, costing it its economic independence in the long run.

China’s non Covid policy in the nation has affected the population of Guyana. Thousands of Chinese specialists, security and labourers do not practice Covid protocols in foreign lands as they would in China, ultimately infecting many of their host populations. This drives tourists away, fills the hospital with ill citizens, and challenges all of Guyana’s other economic sectors.

Guyana’s President has placed resource extraction upon the preferred policy points for this nation. Investors look to Guyana as a way to make revenue over a short-

Fiji foresees growth in 2022-2026 of 7.7%. Due to the pandemic and natural disasters, Fiji’s economy shrunk drastically, while the nation incurred high public debt. The economy is presently vulnerable, because the economic base is smaller, the belief is that foreign investment will spur growth in the long run.

Niger will experience a growth rate of 7.6%, benefiting from a growth in their petroleum and export sectors. An expansion of a 2,000 km pipeline and the completion of the Kandadji Dam will provide encouragement to investors to see the nation as open to all business, particularly coming from China, whose management basically controls, manages and protects the Niger Oil Fields. Macao shows well with an 11.9% growth rate over the 2022-2026 period. Macao relies heavily upon tourism, gambling, manufacturing, export-import and transportation sectors. With an end to Chi- na’s Covid-19 controls, Macao can open its economy to Asia and the world once again. China and Macao are tied to each other economically and politically. The worsening of Western-Chinese relations is a challenge to this economy and the foreign investments it needs. a child could sit at, a microphone stand and a rack of audio-visual equipment. Charline Grant, one of the co–founders of the PoBC stated, “I went into the room and I locked the door’ cause I wanted to have a feel of how tiny it is. I can’t even stretch my arms out, that’s how tiny it is. For me, it feels and looks like imprisonment, solitary confinement, and it’s cruel and unusual punishment.” oughly investigated, the evidence will show that the student in question was never placed in the room depicted in the media reports, let alone with a closed or locked door.” cel the meeting 54 minutes before it was set to occur.

Libya falls into a 6.9% percentile. Oil is the wealth creator in a nation divided and warring with itself. Divided into two sectors, one in Tripoli and the other Sirte, competing ideologies and economic aspirations make foreign investment in Libya a gambler’s dream.

Smaller nations seen as sources of natural resources, technology, cheap labour, and strategic location will attract foreign investment and security intrigue. Nations used and possibly abused for their natural resource wealth will continue as wealthy nations like: America, China and their Corporations continue the new wave of colonialism.

There are still many details that remain to be discovered regarding the troubling allegations against the: principal, vice-principal and teacher that locked a six-year-old Black boy in a school closet. The Toronto District School Board has launched a formal investigation into the allegations of anti-Black racism at John Fisher Junior Public School while the administrators and teachers have been placed on home assignment. Details were shared regarding the room that the boy was locked in, a picture was taken of the room and in it is a desk that

Grant met the principal of the school and he shared with her that he did not believe the boy’s recollections of what happened. The principal reports that the boy was asked to sit at the desk after it was removed from the room, and not in the closet. Faridah also alleges that her son (who is the only Black boy in the grade one class) was forced to sit alone in a corner of the classroom away from his classmates, because he was distracting other students.

The Ontario Principals’ Council (OPC) released a statement on March 8th, 2023. Part of the statement reads, “We are confident that once this incident is thor-

On Wednesday, March 29th, PoBC sent an email to its members to update them with respect to its communication with the OPC. OPC sent PoBC a letter on February 7th, 2023 requesting a meeting with them.

Words such as, “berating,” “aggressive” and “threatening” were used in the letter by OPC to PoBC. PoBC responded that “We would welcome the opportunity to meet with the OPC’s leadership team.”

In correspondence on Tuesday, February 7th, 2023, both PoBC and OPC mutually agreed on Thursday, February 16th, 2023, to meet within a month. OPC sent a second email that indicates that it expects that there would be “respect,” “civility” and “dignity” at the meeting scheduled for March 27th, 2023. After a letter was sent to OPC by PoBC the OPC opted to can-

In its response to the cancelled meeting, PoBC states in the email, “The OPC has made it clear through the cancellation of this meeting that centring the well-being of Black children within schools run by their membership is not a priority. The letters drafted by OPC and sent to a Black-led organization indicate a lack of understanding of the impacts of anti-Black racism and the way in which equity work needs to be carried out to create systemic change. They also indicate a lack of compassion for the children who are traumatized by racial violence within education at the hands of educators.”

I emailed OPC on Monday, April 3rd, 2023, requesting an interview. I received a response from Peggy Sweeny on Wednesday, April 5th, which stated, “We will not be participating in any media interviews about this situation beyond the public statement we released on March 8th, 2023.”