Feds move toward protecting Canada’s ‘brand’ in foreign mining operations

At a Mining Association of Canada luncheon, two federal cabinet ministers emphasized the need for ethical standards 

Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press, November 22, 2014

OTTAWA – It’s taken almost a decade of loud, often unwelcome advocacy, but the federal government appears to finally recognize that Canada’s international brand needs a little spit and polish.

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Canadian Press

Canada’s CSR Strategy for Extractives 2.0 – Government Acknowledges Power to Act, Declines to Do So

News release: The Government of Canada released its revised Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Strategy for extractive companies operating overseas, finally recognising its power to withdraw the substantial support that it provides such companies in order to make them accountable, but declining to apply that power in any meaningful way.

Do No Harm, Canada

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Blog: The Inter American Human Rights Commission – an independent office of the Organization of American States – has added its voice to a growing list of human rights bodies calling on Canada to prevent mining abuses and hold Canadian companies and state agencies responsible to account.

Peruvian Community Denounces HudBay Minerals for Human Rights Violations over Constancia Project

Press Release: During the morning hours of November 10, local residents from Uchucarcco, in the region of Cusco, Peru mobilized near the Constancia mining project to protest the HudBay MInerals’ sustained failure to make good on commitments with the local population. According to local media, a group of residents crossed the company’s security fence. Two individuals were detained by the significant police force that protects the camp.
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Cooperacción - Traditional Ayllu of Uchuccarco, district of Chamaca, Chumbivilcas, Cusco, Peru

Canada Accused of Failing to Prevent Overseas Mining Abuses

By Carey L. Biron

WASHINGTON, Oct 31 2014 (IPS) - The Canadian government is failing either to investigate or to hold the country’s massive extractives sector accountable for rights abuses committed in Latin American countries, according to petitioners who testified here Tuesday before an international tribunal.

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IPS – Inter Press Service

‘Cracks’ in Canadian Policy for Overseas Mining, Evidence of an Abyss

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“Despite Canada’s assurances that there is good policy, we continue at the commission to see a number of very, very serious human rights violations occurring in the region,” said Commissioner Rose-Marie Antoine for the Inter American Human Rights Commission (IACHR) in Washington this week.

Edgewater Exploration's Spanish Subsidiary in Critical Economic Situation

(Corcoesto, Galicia, 30 October 2014) Edgewater Exploration Ltd. and Mineira de Corcoesto Ltd. are hiding the true extreme of their financial weakness behind a smokescreen.  Ø  Mineira de Corcoesto’s accounts for the 2013 financial year show the company's non-compliance with Spanish accounting regulations as they have failed to amortize intangible assets.
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Plataforma pola Defensa de Corcoesto e Bergantiños

Enabling Canadian Mining at Any Cost in Latin America

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Presentation: Through its acts and omissions, the Canadian government plays a central role in enabling Canadian mining companies in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as tolerating and contributing to the systematic rights violations taking place.
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