Over 130 people attended in person and remotely the conference, "A Mining Boom Sweeps Quebec: Let's talk about the rights of local populations and the violations to biodiversity." This event, translated simultaneously in French and English, included speakers from Long Point First Nation, the Coalition Quebec Meilleure mine, SNAP-Quebec, Eau Secours, and the Regroupement pour la protection des lacs de la Petite-Nation.

The recordings and PowerPoint Presentation are available online. 

By Anosha Khan, The Lawyers Daily

The B.C. Mining Law Reform Network and several of its member organizations have applied for intervener status in Gitxaała First Nation’s petition for judicial review on seven mineral claims that are “staked on its territory without its consent.”

Intervenor applications to focus on mineral tenure reform

Vancouver – The intervenor applications for the Gitxaała Nation’s legal challenge against the province of British Columbia and four mineral claim holders begin today. The Nation filed the case with the B.C.

By Matteo Cimellaro, Canada's National Observer

With 17 per cent of its forest already lost, the Amazon is near a tipping point. If that reaches 20 to 25 per cent, scientists say there will be irreversible changes.

Uyunkar Domingo Peas Nampichkai, a leader from the Achuar Nation of the Ecuadorian Amazon, put it simply at a news conference Wednesday: the Amazon is in a “deep crisis.”

The federal government’s new critical minerals strategy reflects the urgency borne of geopolitical concerns and the demands of electric vehicle production.

By Kevin Philipupillai, The Hill Times 

Environmental advocate: ‘No investor should even think of touching this company’

By Marisa Coulton, Financial Post

A Canadian gold miner has found itself under attack by a powerful environmental group seeking to starve it of investment dollars in an attempt to block it from building what would be the largest open pit mine in Brazil.

By Owen Schalk, Canadian Dimension

Any changes that come out of COP15 are only meaningful if they respect Indigenous rights everywhere in Canada

By Christopher Bonasia, The Energy Mix

A mining watchdog says calls for less robust assessments and quicker permitting in Canada’s new critical minerals strategy will undo protections for environmental and Indigenous rights, which are being threatened across the globe in the rush for critical minerals.

The National: December 9, 2022

Jamie Kneen was also on CBC's The World at Six.

A first-of-its-kind study shines the spotlight on how Canadian embassies prioritize business over human rights. 

(Toronto, Ottawa) Even as Canada plays host to the world’s biggest biodiversity conference at COP15 this month, a new report reveals that Canada still prioritizes mining interests at the expense of human rights and environment defenders.