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As part of the commodities boom that Latin America enjoyed in the first decade of the twenty‐first century, Canadian investments in metal mining expanded there at an extraordinary pace, determined by a larger process of industrial consolidation and long‐term Canadian government policies to support the internationalization of its industry. Their success in Latin America has now induced some observers to believe that Canada is a dominant actor in that region's mining sector, but the specialization of Canadian firms in precious metals, gold and silver, has set up clear boundaries to their regional relevance, rendering Canadian capital necessary but not an essential actor in the Latin American mining boom. In fact, such pattern of specialization has turned the expansion of Canadian mining capital into a significant exposure to Latin American politics that Ottawa's government and diplomacy can affect only marginally.

Introduction: Canada's Past and Future in the Americas: Beyond the "Americas Strategy" / Pablo Heidrich and Laura Macdonald -- Locating Latin America: Geography, Identity, and the Americas in Canadian Foreign Policy / Asa Mckercher -- Life-death-rebirth: the Latin American Working Group and civil society relations with Latin America / John W. Foster -- Canadian security and defence policies towards Latin America: Liberal engagement or harsh realism? / Federmán Rodríguez -- Canada and democracy promotion: The 2015 electoral crisis in Haiti / Yasmine Shamsie -- Latin American Migration to Canada: New and Complex Patterns of Mobility / Laura Macdonald and Christina Gabriel -- Trudeau, Harper and civil society: Advocacy chill or sunny ways? / Kalowatie Deonandan and Toveli Schmuland -- Mexico-Canada Relations and the Impact of the NAFTA Renegotiations / María Teresa Gutiérrez Haces -- 'Wrapped in the Canadian Flag': Precious metals mining and Canadian deadly diplomacy in Latin America / Jen Moore -- Voluntary or legislated? The home-country regulation of Canadian mining companies in Latin America / Paul Haslam -- Conclusions / Pablo Heidrich and Laura Macdonald.