Reposted by @commonfrontiers.bsky.socialEuropean Trade Justice Coalition @eurtradejustice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Big business is using secretive tribunals to threaten our collective future. The cases are all around the world. Which is why we're taking action globally. Join the global days of action to #stopISDS and let's act together for an #isdsFree world stopisds.global/en/ 126
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Timely article from our colleagues @miningwatch.bsky.social on Canada's deeply concerning disregard for ensuring corporate accountability and the high risk Canada-Ecuador FTA. THIS is "Carney’s 'principled and pragmatic' approach to global engagement in action" canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...canadiandimension.comCanada protects mining investors while scrapping its corporate accountability watchdogCanada is strengthening legal protections for Canadian investors abroad while abandoning any pretense of holding those same corporations to account at home for their conduct. The Canada-Ecuador Free T... 064
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026📢Canadian organizations condemn high-risk Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement signed in Ottawa this morning, despite opposition by Ecuadorian civil society, Indigenous groups. Press release => tinyurl.com/4p9rzt7d @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @manindersidhu.bsky.social 044
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Two national multi-sectoral coalitions of labour, environmental, faith-based, civil society and social justice organizations strongly denounce Canada’s abstention at July 7 UN vote on Cuba. Full statement: bit.ly/4httogo @mark-carney.bsky.social @apgopa.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social 032
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 22/07/2026We need a different kind of trade. Trade that puts people before profits. That upholds Indigenous rights, protects human rights and the environment, and supports a just energy transition that benefits workers and communities—not corporations. That's the trade we're fighting for. 🧵 163
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Dozens of Canadian civil society organizations released a statement in the Hill Times calling on the 🇨🇦government to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Cuba, cornerstone rights of all states under international law. tinyurl.com/3xdseb27 132
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Leading civil society voices from across Canada are calling on the federal government to halt its proposed free trade agreement with Ecuador, which poses a serious risk to Indigenous rights, human rights, and the environment. @mark-carney.bsky.social It is time to change course now! 022
Reposted by @commonfrontiers.bsky.socialkairoscanada.bsky.social @kairoscanada.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Join us on April 14 for Turn Debt into Hope: The Road to Ottawa, an online rally to help build momentum for Parliament Hill. Get campaign updates and show up with advocates bringing this message to MPs. Register: secure.kairoscanada.org/civi... #TurnDebtIntoHope 001
Reposted by @commonfrontiers.bsky.socialkairoscanada.bsky.social @kairoscanada.bsky.social · 30/03/2026This Easter, as conflict rises, inequality deepens and the earth itself is under strain, KAIROS invites you to stand with us in what comes next. KAIROS is a movement rooted in decades of collective action, new chapter of transformative change. Watch and donate :link.kairoscanada.org/Easter-2026 001
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 11/03/2026The Canadian embassy in Ecuador must recognize the widescale criminalization of rights defenders at the hands of Canadian mining in Ecuador and its responsibility to promote the protection of rights defenders. No FTA with investor protections over rights protection! @miningwatch.bsky.social 033
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 02/03/2026The people of Cuba face a dire humanitarian crisis that has worsened in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on any nation that exports oil to Cuba. Tell Anita Anand @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social and your MP to act now! => bit.ly/4sdvEum 020
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Fronteras Comunes se une a organizaciones hondureñas e internacionales para denunciar el regreso a un sistema que prioriza los intereses corporativos sobre la soberanía nacional, los derechos colectivos, el interés público, el medio ambiente y el pueblo hondureño. 010
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Common Frontiers joins Honduran and international organizations to denounce the return to a system that prioritizes corporate interests over national sovereignty, collective rights, the public interest, the environment, and the Honduran people. 010
Reposted by @commonfrontiers.bsky.socialInstitute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 25/02/2026NEW: On the heels of U.S. intervention in Honduran elections, IPS joins Honduran partners and international allies to denounce a return to a system meant to maximize protections for investors to the detriment of the Honduran people. #StopISDS Statement:ips-dc.orgHonduran and international allies issue statement denouncing Honduras' return to ICSID - Institute for Policy StudiesHonduran and international allies issue statement denouncing Honduras' return to ICSID 0910
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Cuba needs fuel for electricity, hospitals, water and sanitation, public transportation, food production and distribution. Canadian coalitions urge @mark-carney.bsky.social and @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social to denounce U.S. measures that threaten access to food, meds, fuel bit.ly/4stgbGX 010
Reposted by @commonfrontiers.bsky.socialCCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 23/02/2026ICYMI: A new report says the number of #NovaScotia children living in poverty will remain in the tens of thousands unless the provincial government makes a major effort to change things. @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social #nspoli 941thebreeze.com/2026/02/20/p...941thebreeze.comPictou County News, February 19th 2026The RCMP took one person into custody Wednesday after an incident in Salmon River. Officers had responded to a... 032
Reposted by @commonfrontiers.bsky.socialAmericas Policy Group @apgopa.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Canadian civil society coalitions have called on Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social and Foreign Minister @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social to reject unlawful U.S. coercive measures to withhold fuel from Cuba that threaten essential services & the rights of the Cuban people. ➡️ bit.ly/474iFmw 033
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 12/02/2026"Canada..is formally opposed to the decades-long U.S. blockade" of Cuba. Put that opposition into practice! @mark-carney.bsky.social must act in concert with regional allies to defy the US blockade on Cuba, ship Canadian oil! Great work @policyalternatives.ca policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...policyalternatives.caSend Canadian oil to Cuba - CCPAThe United States is attempting to deliberately trigger a humanitarian crisis in Cuba. Canada must act in concert with regional allies to defy the blockade. 000
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 10/02/2026A crystal clear demonstration that Canadian Aris Mining is negatively impacting the water in the Santurban Paramo in Colombia. And yet another example of the critically important work of water and environmental defenders! 000
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 05/02/2026@mark-carney.bsky.social: you have been told by Indigenous communities and organizations in Ecuador: The Canada-Ecuador FTA will absolutely harm Ecuador's communities and the environment. Please listen! This could be your moment to actually create a 'new world order' - not just spin empty rhetoric. 001
Reposted by @commonfrontiers.bsky.socialMiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Remember, PM Carney has promised to impose a massive expansion of "critical minerals" mining for armaments manufacturing/profiteering in order to fulfil his commitment to NATO's astonishing new 5%-of-GDP arms spending targets. But he can't afford to fund housing, health care, or education. 064
Reposted by @commonfrontiers.bsky.socialInter Pares @interpares.ca · 21/01/2026As a member of the Americas Policy Group, we join @apgopa.bsky.social and @commonfrontiers.bsky.social in urging Canada to oppose U.S. threats to rights, sovereignty and peace in #Venezuela and the Americas. www.apg-gopa.com/statementsle...apg-gopa.comJOINT OPEN LETTER: Canada, oppose U.S. threats to rights, sovereignty and peace in Venezuela and the Americas — Americas Policy Group Groupe d’orientation politique pour les AmériquesImage: Rachel Lim 021
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Carrizalillo community members demand @EquinoxGoldCorp meet them half-way, pay them fairly for occupying their land or properly close the Los Filos mine. They urge @claudiasheinbaum.bsky.social to ensure the 🇨🇦 company respect the law. bit.ly/4sOSeLbbit.lyEjidatarios de Carrizalillo exigen intervención de Sheinbaum en caso de minera Equinox GoldLa representación agraria del ejido de Carrizalillo realizó su exigencia por la negativa de la empresa a negociar un precio justo por la ocupación de sus tierras o a cerrar y remediar los daños causad... 012
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 20/01/2026We joined our allies across the hemisphere in repudiating the Trump administration's interference in Honduras, Venezuela and its threats to the hemisphere. Canada must not remain silent! 000
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Two coalitions comprising over two dozen civil society orgs just sent this letter to @mark-carney.bsky.social urging him to condemn the unlawful, lethal, U.S. military attack in Venezuela and take immediate steps to ensure peace and security in the region. tinyurl.com/2u79muestinyurl.comCanada must oppose U.S. threats to sovereignty in Venezuela and the Americas - Common Frontiers[español abajo] Send Prime Minister Carney and Minister Anand a letter now! The safety of our hemisphere was drastically threatened in the early morning hours of January 3rd, when the U.S. conducted a... 045
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 08/01/2026While leaders across the Americas have condemned U.S. aggression against Venezuela, Canada has failed to even mention the attack. Violations of the UN Charter and international law must be unequivocally condemned. @apgopa.bsky.social @wbwcanada.bsky.social tinyurl.com/rxkc4jwbactionnetwork.orgTell Canada to condemn U.S. threats to Venezuela and the AmericasThe safety of our hemisphere was drastically threatened in the early morning hours of January 3rd, when the U.S. conducted a violent military assault in and around the capital of Venezuela, resulting ... 042
Reposted by @commonfrontiers.bsky.socialTrade and Investment Research Project @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Please consider sending this letter to the Canadian government in response to U.S. aggression in Latin America - via @commonfrontiers.bsky.social. actionnetwork.org/letters/acti...actionnetwork.orgTell Canada to condemn U.S. threats to Venezuela and the AmericasThe safety of our hemisphere was drastically threatened in the early morning hours of January 3rd, when the U.S. conducted a violent military assault in and around the capital of Venezuela, resulting ... 042
Reposted by @commonfrontiers.bsky.socialTrade Justice Network @tjn-canada.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Read TJN Coordinator @gerardditrolio.bsky.social on the Canada-UAE deal and its serious problems jacobin.com/2025/12/cana... #canlab #cdnpolijacobin.comCanada’s “Diversification” Trade Deal Is a Gift to AutocratsCanadian prime minister Mark Carney is touting a trade deal with the UAE. Behind the talk of investment and partnership lies a trade agenda that weakens rights protections, boosts natural gas, and rei... 012
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Incredible show of support by faith-based organizations AROUND THE WORLD for the important work of Salvadorans fighting to protect clean water and the environment. 022
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Governments must be able to make decisions that protect the environment without fear that they will be sued by Canadian mining companies. Ecuadorians have been loud and clear that they stand by their country's constitutional protection against international arbitration. 013
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Canadian organizations with decades of experience and partnerships in the Americas sent a letter to @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social, @manindersidhu.bsky.social, Minister McGuinty urging them to protect the rule of law, sovereignty and security in Latin America and the Caribbean. bit.ly/3K03kv9 133
Reposted by @commonfrontiers.bsky.socialMiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Today, a group of citizens delivered a petition to mining company Pan American Silver's HQ in Vancouver, demanding the company respect the self-determination of the Xinka Indigenous people and close the Escobal mine in southeastern Guatemala. Read the press release: miningwatch.ca/news/2025/11... 066
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Respect people's rights over corporate rights! As Ecuadorians head into a November 16 referendum on constitutional protections, Canada must stop promoting investor protections that threaten human rights. shorturl.at/qdBM1 @miningwatch.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca @lughiotto.bsky.social 013
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Corporate rights are being prioritized in the Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement. Read this brief on how these rights are promoted by Canadian mining companies and how they violate the Ecuadorian constitution. Another brilliant @lughiotto.bsky.social paper! 011
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 29/09/2025"Motivations of the current president are under particular scrutiny because his family...has significant investments in multiple mining operations at a time Canada and the South American country are moving to finalize a Free Trade Agreement." 010
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 22/09/2025The Canada-Ecuador FTA which was negotiated largely behind closed doors will open the flood gates to more Canadian mining in Ecuador, despite clear, wide-scale opposition and deep concern for the negative impacts on water and the environment by the Canadian companies already operating there. 010
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Incredible show of resistance and clear demands for Canadian mining company Dundee Precious Metals to respect a court-ordered suspension of its Loma Larga project and the TWO binding referendums that banned mining the area where it operates. 031
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 11/09/2025While families struggle, Carney cuts public services, tramples Indigenous rights, scapegoats migrants, flanks US militarization, arms Israel, and destroys the climate. Sept 20 we unite across all movements to #DrawTheLine. Find your action in 50+ cities: drawtheline.worlddrawtheline.worldHome | Draw The Line - For life, for people, for the planet.Join us this September to draw the line against injustice, pollution, and violence; for a future of peace, clean energy, and fairness. 021
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 08/09/2025"A corrupt government gutted the public electricity utility and doled out shady contracts. Now the state faces multibillion-dollar lawsuits for attempting to reclaim control." 000
Reposted by @commonfrontiers.bsky.socialJen Moore @jenmoore2.bsky.social · 08/09/2025From NACLA’s Green Capitalism in the Americas, we look at foreign investment in solar energy in Honduras that led to persecution of communities starting under the narcodictatorship and now $1,6 billion in claims over modest reforms. @tandfresearch.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HFMVI...tandfonline.comThe Sinister Side of Solar Energy in HondurasPublished in NACLA Report on the Americas (Vol. 57, No. 3, 2025) 264
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 12/08/2025It is clear that Canadian companies operating in Ecuador are rolling the dice hoping that no one is watching. Canada should not be fast-tracking a free trade agreement in Ecuador if it can't ensure Canadian companies play by the rules there. 010
commonfrontiers.bsky.social @commonfrontiers.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Why does Canada keep prioritizing the rights of investors over the rights of Indigenous people - both in Canada and in Ecuador? Carney, if Canada is truly in a 'hinge moment,' then its time to hit reset on this Trudeau era trade deal now! 020
