Economic Development

Diamonds and Development: Attawapiskat and the Victor Diamond Mine
Thursday, December 15, 2011

In the last two weeks there has been an intense media storm around the current housing crisis in Attawapiskat, a remote Cree community on the coast of James Bay. One element of the story that’s getting some attention and is of particular interest to MiningWatch is the fact that the community is ‘host’ to DeBeers’ Victor diamond mine, located 90 km west of the community, upstream on the Attawapiskat River, within the traditional territory of the Omushkego Cree. The juxtaposition is stark: a diamond mine producing millions of dollars of a sparkling luxury item, next to the poverty and infrastructure deficits in Attawapiskat. It has led people to ask us: if there are millions of dollars of diamonds being taken from their traditional territory, why aren’t the conditions in the community improving?

Victor Project, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Ontario, Diamonds, Environmental Planning, Economic Development, Environmental Assessment, Indigenous Rights, De Beers
Whose development? Mining, local resistance and development agendas
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

This is a synopsis of a paper by Catherine Coumans published in: Governance Ecosystems CSR in the Latin American Mining Sector, edited by Julia Sagebien and Nicole Marie Lindsay, in the International Political Economy Series published by Palgrave Macmillan, November 2011.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economic Development, Human Rights, Impact on Communities, Newsletter 31: Autumn 2011
Impoverishment, not development, could be end result of Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine in Guatemala, says new study
Thursday, November 3, 2011

Press Release: The legacy of Goldcorp’s Marlin mine in Guatemala “could well be ecological devastation and impoverishment” finds a new study from Tufts University’s Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE). When the long-term environmental risks of the open-pit gold and silver mine are put in the balance with economic gains, the institute finds the benefits to be “meager and short-lived,” especially for local communities.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Guatemala, Economic Development, Impact on Communities, Goldcorp
Mineral Royalties: Quebec is still at the bottom of the heap
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Quebec still ranks near the bottom of the heap in the collection mineral royalties, according to an analysis released today by the coalition Québec meilleure mine! and MiningWatch Canada. Despite changes to the royalty regime in 2010, Quebec still lags behind other Canadian jurisdictions with only 2% of the gross value of mineral production retained in royalties.

Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Québec, Economic Development
Ontario’s Ring of Fire - hope or hype? MiningWatch releases report on Ring of Fire economics
Friday, February 4, 2011

A new report, commissioned by MiningWatch Canada and written by Joan Kuyek, cuts through the hype and raises important questions about the viability and potential benefits of developing the Ring of Fire’s chromite deposits.

Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Ontario, Economic Development, Economics & Taxation, Cliffs
Matawa First Nations Chief Announces Deadline Following Meeting with Ontario Ministers
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Press Relase from Matawa First Nations: Thunder Bay ON, August 24th, 2010 - Matawa First Nations Chiefs representing their respective communities are looking for immediate resources following a meeting with three provincial ministers. Matawa First Nations Chiefs gathered with Ministers Chris Bentley, Michael Gravelle, and Linda Jeffrey last week in Thunder Bay, Ontario, in attempt to secure much needed funding to better prepare their First Nations communities about the initiatives within the Ring of Fire.

Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Ontario, Economic Development, Indigenous Rights
Mining Is Inherently Unsustainable
Saturday, March 3, 2007

Notes for Jamie Kneen's response to Pierre Gratton, Vice President for Sustainable Development and Public Affairs of the Mining Association of Canada in a debate entitled "Earth: What is Mining All About? The Up and Down Sides", presented as part of the Ottawa University Institute of Environment 2006-07 Lecture Series “Elemental Environmentalism: Water, Air, Fire and Earth”.

Economic Development, Educational Materials, Environment, Impact on Communities, Presentations
Mining Association Responds to Critique of Mining Information Kit for Aboriginal Communities
Monday, February 19, 2007
The Mining Association of Canada has posted a response to our critique of the Mining Information Kit for Aboriginal Communities. Unfortunately, while it claims that the Kit was designed to identify both opportunities and risks, the response fails to address the substance of the issues we identified. More ...
Economic Development, Educational Materials, Environment, Impact on Communities, Indigenous Rights
Mining Investors and the Tax System
Friday, February 2, 2007

Many of the junior mining companies creating havoc in communities these days have no intention of developing a mine, and their investors don’t care, but these companies are raising millions in equity to keep their exploration programs going.

This is possible because of two federal programs: Canadian Exploration Expenses and the Super Flow Through Share Program.

Corporate Accountability, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economic Development, Economics & Taxation, Free Entry/Land Access
The Need to Shift Canadian Tax Incentives
Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Presentation to the Seventh Annual Global Conference on Environmental Taxation, Ottawa, October 23, 3006 (revised November 10, 2006) by Dr. Joan Kuyek, National Co-ordinator, MiningWatch Canada

Economic Development, Economics & Taxation, Presentations

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