As we wrote in our September 12, 2017 news release, we have received a series of worrying allegations regarding DNI Metals Inc.’s Vohitsara graphite project in Madagascar, which are backed up by solid documentation.
(Thunder Bay, ON) On September 9, 2014, First Nations representatives of the Robinson-Huron Treaty of 1850 brought a lawsuit against Canada and Ontario for their failure to implement the terms of the 1850 treaty, specifically the annuity augmentation.
The court action resulting from this historic lawsuit will begin September 25, 2017 with hearings in Thunder Bay. The Chiefs will be available to share information on the details of this lawsuit, which could have major impacts on Canada’s approach to honouring and implementing treaties.
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The Western Mining Action Network (WMAN) is hiring an Indigenous Caucus Coordinator to support communities affected by mining across North America.
MiningWatch Canada is a Steering Committee member of WMAN
JOB POSTING
APPLY BY SEPTEMBER 29, 2017
JOB TITLE: Indigenous Caucus Coordinator
TIME OF WORK: Part Time (10-12 hours/week, more when coordinating an event, $US30/hour)
The response to Canada's worst mining disaster showed the extent to which the industry and governments have failed to take sufficient action to protect indigenous peoples’ rights, critics say
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples provides a crucial framework to achieve reconciliation. Such a human rights-based approach is essential to address the racism and discrimination that has caused such profound harm to Indigenous peoples in Canada and around the world.
(Ottawa) Farmers from Vohitsara in eastern Madagascar are demanding that DNI Metals Inc. cease operations on their land and compensate them for damage to their lands, crops, trees, and fish ponds that the company has acknowledged destroying without their consent and fair compensation.
Canada’s bishops are joining in the call for an end to unethical mining practices in Latin America. CNS photo
On August 4, 2017, MiningWatch Canada received reports of another killing of a male villager, reportedly by gunshot by private security at Barrick Gold’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania. This newly reported victim of alleged excess use of force by mine security furthers our concern that violence by mine security is ongoing at the North Mara mine in Tanzania. In a letter to Barrick we raise the problem of lack of access to remedy for victims of violence at the mine.
The following article was co-written by MiningWatch Canada, Earthworks and Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA).
This letter was sent to Minister of Natural Resources James Carr and Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna by five organisations – MiningWatch Canada, Nature Canada, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, the Quebec Environmental Law Centre, and West Coast Environmental Law. The letter states:
