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Mining Injustice Conference: Resisting Extractivism, Lessons and Inspiration from Front-line Communities and Fellow Activists
Tuesday, May 8, 2012

A concern about the social and environmental destruction caused by Canadian mining companies brought me to the fourth annual Mining Injustice Conference organized by the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network, held at the University of Toronto.

Canada, Water, Corporate Accountability, Coal, Ontario, Québec, Economic Development, Environmental Assessment, Health, Indigenous Rights, Cartier Resources
Canadian Media Misses Castro’s Message
Friday, April 13, 2012

On Monday, our national media seemed taken aback when Fidel Castro pointed a finger at Canada. Confusion arose from not wanting to hear what he had to say.

Corporate Accountability, Latin America and the Caribbean, Impact on Communities
Federal Government Hides Behind Budget with Changes to Environmental Assessment
Thursday, March 29, 2012

The Harper Government™ has made no secret of its plan for environmental protection, planning, and assessment; it’s a necessary complement to its economic strategy, which essentially consists of extracting as much wealth from the ground as quickly as possible, unencumbered by niceties like public consultation or the free, prior, informed consent of affected Aboriginal peoples.

Country, Environmental Planning, Environmental Assessment
End of Training Program for Aboriginal People Threatens to Decrease Access to Jobs and Benefits of Mining
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

News release: MiningWatch Canada is very disappointed to see the end of an important federal program that funded training for Aboriginal peoples across Canada. The Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership Program (ASEP) was not specific to the mineral sector but many of the projects that received funding focussed on the natural resources sectors and mining in particular.

Canada, Economic Development, Labour
Where Do the NDP Leadership Candidates Stand on Corporate Accountability?
Thursday, March 22, 2012

In the latest edition of Embassy Magazine, NDP leadership candidates were asked to articulate their top foreign policy priorities. The positions were pretty similar; most included elements of climate change, fairer trade, and a less militarized approach to diplomacy. None included corporate accountability of the Canadian extractives sector in their top priorities.

Bill C-300, Canada, Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility
Keno City Residents and Businesses Suffering the Effects of Yukon Mining Boom as Alexco Takes Over the Town
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

A major mining boom is underway in Keno, as in other parts of the Yukon, driven by high mineral prices. But a boom that’s good for exploration and mining companies can have an underside  for communities. The pace of development surrounding Keno is creating conditions that one resident says is like “being trapped in a living hell.” The noise, dust, huge trucks rumbling through town and concerns over exposure to toxic by-products paint a not-so quaint picture of a contemporary mining town.

Abandoned Mines, Canada, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Environmental Planning, Economic Development, Yukon, Environment, Environmental Assessment, Impact on Communities
First Nation and Conservation Groups Seek Investigation of Exploration Company God’s Lake Resources by Securities Regulator
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

News release: Today four conservation groups have joined with the northern Ontario Oji-Cree
community Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) to request that the Ontario Securities Commission investigate junior exploration company God’s Lake Resources (stock symbol GLR).

Canada, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Ontario, Environmental Planning, Free Entry/Land Access, Gold, Indigenous Rights, Platinex
Eroding Democracy: FTAs, Corporate Rights and Resource Extraction in the Americas
Monday, March 19, 2012

Manuel Pérez Rocha is an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C. He is also the Coordinator of Networking for Justice in Global Investment, and is a member of the Mexican Action Network on Free Trade (RMALC).

Latin America and the Caribbean, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies
No Habitat - No Fish / No Protection - No Habitat
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Blog post: An internal government memo leaked to fisheries biologist Otto Langer suggests that the Federal government plans on removing a crucial provision of the Fisheries Act – one of Canada’s most important environmental laws.

Canada, Water, Environment, Environmental Assessment, Water and fisheries
Parliamentary Environment Committee’s ‘Paint by Numbers’ Report Fails to Produce Credible Review of Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

News release from the Canadian Environmental Network's Environmental Planning and Assessment Caucus: Conservative MPs on the Committee reviewing the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) have set out recommendations that follow the party line to further gut the federal environmental assessment process while failing to consider expert testimony to improve it, according to environmental groups from across Canada.

Canada, Environmental Planning, Environmental Assessment

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