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On October 8-12, MiningWatch Canada National Co-ordinator Joan Kuyek traveled to Canatuan in the Philippines as the guest of the Tebtebba Foundation and the Subanon Siocon Association. The purpose of the visit was to investigate the situation of the Subanon Peoples and to attend the Celebration of Thanksgiving and official award of their Certificate of Ancestral Domain.

The Ethics Bill may not have passed before Parliament prorogued, but the Senate managed to pass Bill C-48, a $260 million a year give-away to the mining, oil and gas industries. MiningWatch presented to the Senate Committee on Banking November 5. Our submission is available as a PDF file.

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Tambogrande, PERU – Community members, joined by human rights and environmental advocates, today hailed a major precedent in their push for recognition of community rights in places where multinational corporations seek to operate.

On December 5, 2003, North American Tungsten, the owners of the CanTung Mine in the Northwest Territories, announced they were closing the mine immediately, leaving 200 workers out of a job.

Mine reclamation policy in the Northwest Territories is once again shown to be a farce.

It will cost $48 million to rehabilitate the mine site and protect Nahanni National Park from toxic effluents. There is only a $900,000 security in place.