General Suharto was dictator of Indonesia for 32 years. He began his rule by slaughtering hundreds of thousands of peasants and left-wing workers. He presided over the genocidal massacres in East Timor.
Yet this has not prevented dozens and dozens of Canadian companies from doing business with Indonesia and making huge profits.
Here are just some of the Canadian companies operating in Indonesia.
Analytical Service Laboratories (water/soil testing for mining and gas companies)
Bank of Nova Scotia (financial services)
Bata Ltd. (footwear manufacturing)
Beak International Inc. (consulting for mining and forestry companies)
Bombardier Inc. (transport and aerospace manufacturing)
Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd. (oil and gas)
Canadian Wheat Board (Indonesia's second-largest wheat supplier)
Canora (Asia) Inc. (environmental egineering and consulting)
Carmanah Resources Ltd. (oil and gas exploration)
Country Style (fast food since 1995)
Get Poppin' (fast food since 1997)
Gulf Indonesia Resources (oil and gas, subsidiary of Gulf Canada)
Hatfield Group (consulting for oil, mining, forestry companies and government)
Hickling Corp. of Canada (consultants)
Husky Oil International Inc. (oil and gas)
Ingold Management (subsidiary of Inco Teachnical Services, services Ingold mining exploration in West Papua, Maluku and Sumatra)
Inco Ltd. (nickel mining and processing, Soroako Sulawesi)
International Pursuit Corp. (mining exploration, Kalimantan)
Kilborn SNC-Lavalin Inc. (services to mining companies)
LaSalle College Group (joint venture international college PT Indotex LaSalle)
Les Prodiuts Fraco Ltee (construction services)
Manulife Financial (life insurance, financial services)
MMMuffins Canada Corp. (fast food)
McCain International Inc. (food supplier to restaurants)
McElhanney Consulting Service Ltd. (surveying and mapping)
Minorca Resources Inc. (gold mining exploration, North Sumatra and West Java)
N.D. Lea International Ltd. (consultants to government on transportation)
Northern Telecom Inc. (communications)
Pacific Amber Resources Ltd. (mining exploration, Kalimantan)
Pauwels Canada Inc. (electronics)
PIXCOM Group (television/multimedia services)
Placer Dome Inc. (mining exploration)
Reid Crowther and Partners Ltd. (consultants)
SNC-Lavalin Inc. (engineering)
Saint Cinnomin Bake Shoppes International (fast food, since 1996)
Sandwell Engineering Inc. (engineering)
Simons International Corp. (engineering)
Stream Flo Industries Ltd. (oil and gas industry components)
Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada (life insurance)
Talisman (Asia) Inc. (oil and gas)
Teck Corp. (mining exploration in West Papua, Kalimantan, Sumatra)
PT Tingey Upaya Indonesia (consulting to foreign companies on operating in Indonesia)
Toronto Dominion Bank (financial services)
Tracer Petroleum Corp. (oil and gas)
Westcoast Energy International Inc. (energy services, inc. to PT Freeport)