Prospective brief on the omnibus bill on regulatory relief from Quebec's Ministry of Economy coming this fall

These comments are submitted to the Quebec Ministry of Economy, Innovation, and Energy after consultation with our members and interested partners. They concern the annual omnibus bill on regulatory relief announced by the Quebec government. Our discussions with the office of the Minister for the Economy indicate that the omnibus bill is expected to be tabled during this fall's parliamentary session.

Comments Submitted to the IAAC on the Troilus Mining Project (Impact Assessment)

These comments (in French only) are submitted as part of the assessment of Troilus Gold’s Troilus gold and copper mining project in Eeyou Istchee in Northern Quebec before the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, following consultation with our members and partners interested in assessing the project’s impacts. More specifically, we ask the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada not to authorize the Troilus mining project as submitted.

Comments Submitted to the IAAC on the Mont Sorcier Mining Project (Guidelines)

These comments (in french only) are submitted as part of the assessment of Voyager Metals' Mont Sorcier mining project in Eeyou Istchee in Northern Quebec before the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, following consultation with our members and partners interested in assessing the project's impacts. More specifically, we ask the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada to improve the analytical framework for the assessment of the mining project under review. We invite the IAAC to include in the guidelines a series of questions on the analysis of the cumulative impacts of mining in the area where the Mont Sorcier project is seeking to establish itself.

Perfect Storm Hits Dundee Precious Metals Amid OSC Complaint on Failure to Disclose Loma Larga Legal Risks

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 

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MiningWatch Canada, Cabildo por el Agua de Cuenca, Federación de Organizaciones Indígenas y Campesinas del Azuay, Fundacion Savia Roja, Kimsakocha Women's School of Agroecology, Yasunidos Guapondelig
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Xinka Delegation to Tour Eastern Canada to Demand Respect for Indigenous Self-Determination in Guatemala 

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A Delegation of Xinka Women will visit Eastern Canada in September 2025  #PuebloXinkaDijoNo 

After nearly seven years in a court-ordered consultation process, the Xinka Indigenous People of Guatemala have denied consent for the restart of Canadian Pan American Silver’s Escobal mine in southern Guatemala. The Xinka are now calling for its permanent closure. The company and Canadian authorities must respect their decision in accord with their rights to self-determination.  

Surprising Changes at Equinox Gold

If memory serves us correctly, May 7 of this year was the last time we sent a letter to Mr. Greg Smith, then CEO of Canadian company Equinox Gold, which went unanswered, like many other letters and official communications we have sent him. These letters serve as proof not only of his discourtesy, but also of contempt, racism, and discrimination towards us, attitudes that were “inherited” by their two main operators at the Los Filos mine: the company's vice president in Mexico, Armando Fausto Ortega, and their social responsibility manager, Hugo Vergara.

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Agrarian Representatives of the Ejido de Carizalillo

Communities at Risk: New Barrick Tailings Dam Sparks Environmental and Human Rights Concerns in the Dominican Republic

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People living near the world's sixth-largest gold mine are taking legal action to protect their communities, ecosystems, and their rights. Local communities and civil society organizations have filed two constitutional protection actions (amparos) calling for an immediate halt to Barrick Mining Corporation's recent efforts to begin construction of their massive new dam that would hold mine waste, including tailings and waste rock. The “Naranjo Tailings Storage Facility (TSF),” as it is known, is adjacent to Barrick’s Pueblo Viejo gold and silver mine in Sánchez Ramírez province. Hundreds of families living in six nearby rural communities are concerned that the project poses serious risks to the land, water, and their health.

Canada needs to reset its free trade plans with Ecuador

Peggy Nash, Viviana Herrera and Caren Weisbart, the Hill Times

Human rights, not corporate rights, should drive international trade relations under this new government.

International relations today are rife with difficult challenges to peace, security, democracy, the rule of law, human rights, and a healthy environment.

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The Hill Times

Ecuador: Azuay Says No to Environmental Licence for Dundee Precious Metals

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Environmental defenders in Southern Ecuador filed an injunction (medida cautelar) against Canadian-owned Loma Larga project and announced several actions protesting the arbitrary decision of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (“MAATE”) to grant an environmental licence for exploitation to Dundee Precious Metals.

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