Will Canada ignore human rights violations to advance free trade with Ecuador?
Over the past 18 months, the Canadian government has negotiated a free trade agreement with Ecuador, claiming the two countries ...
Tag: Canadian mining
Why speeding up mining approvals won’t solve tariff troubles
Provincial governments and federal election candidates are falling over each other in a rush to expedite approvals for mining, as ...
Mount Allison prof’s new book examines corporate plunder in Canada and abroad
The Canadian state was built on the violent dispossession of Indigenous Peoples and the theft of their resources… Given this ...
Does the world need more electric vehicles? More Canada?
The shift to electric vehicles is sparking considerable new demand for metals and minerals, which some feel Canada should rush ...
On climate, has Minister O’Regan been captured by the mining lobby?
The federal minister of Natural Resources, Hon. Seamus O’Regan, Jr., has recently co-signed a series of opinion pieces across the ...
All are not equal before the law in Guatemala
Last June, I got asked to help with translation for folks working on a documentary about the international declaration on ...
Canadian mining victim’s story dramatized in Fredericton
A group from the Unitarian Fellowship of Fredericton held a reading of the play, The Last Walk of Adolfo Ich, ...
Victims silenced: Gang rape survivors denied speaking rights at Barrick Gold’s AGM in Toronto
Everlyn Gaupe and Joycelyn Mandi travelled across the planet from the highlands of Papua New Guinea to downtown Toronto to ...
Stephen Harper’s endless campaign for mining profits
How Canada relentlessly pressures foreign governments on behalf of rich mining interests. Editor's note: This is the second of two ...
The Ugly Canadian digs in
When mining giants face local opposition around the globe, Harper's team hurries to help. Part one of two. Editor's note: ...
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