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Amazon Watch @amazonwatch.org · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: Juma Xipaia Denounces Canada’s Belo Sun Mining Corp in New York Event #ClimateWeek #DefendTheAmazon amazonwatch.org/news/2026/09...
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Juma Xipaia Denounces Canada’s Belo Sun Mining Corp in New York Event | Amazon Watch
“Listen to the Indigenous peoples who are saying no to this project of death,” said Juma Xipaia, founder of Instituto Juma.
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How are corporate investments protected over people and the planet? A great line-up for this very timely online teach-in organized by @commonfrontiers.bsky.social, Trade Justice Network, and MiningWatch Canada ! #StopISDS Register here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/Canada-ISDS
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Online teach-in: How corporate investments are protected over people and the planet. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining ...
This teach-in explores how the Canadian government protects Canadian foreign investors like mining companies in Latin America. It is an introduction to a pesky colonialist tool called "Investor-State ...
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"What this essentially means is that it’ll be business as usual for Canadian mining companies operating overseas. They won’t have to improve their practices. They will not be held to account in Canada in any way"- Catherine Coumans, MiningWatch Canada via @mongabay.com @annieburnspieper.bsky.social
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Canada shuts down corporate watchdog. Critics say its replacement lacks teeth
When the Canadian government earlier this year shut down its independent watchdog responsible for investigating alleged human rights abuses including environmental pollution by Canada-based companies ...
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"PRESS RELEASE: OUR HOMELANDS ARE NOT FOR SALE: Neskantaga condemns Canada's Ring of Fire Investment Pitch and maintains NON-CONSENT to the Northern Road Link, Webequie Supply Road, and Marten Falls Community Access Road" via Neskantaga First Nation. Full PR here ⤵️ www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
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Anishinabek Nation @anishinabeknation.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Anishinabek Nation statement on the Canada Investment Summit 2026 To read the full statement via Anishinabek News: anishinabeknews.ca/2026/09/anis...
Anishinabek Nation statement on the Canada Investment Summit 2026

To read the full statement via Anishinabek News: https://anishinabeknews.ca/2026/09/anishinabek-nation-statement-on-the-canada-investment-summit-2026/Anishinabek Nation statement on the Canada Investment Summit 2026

To read the full statement via Anishinabek News: https://anishinabeknews.ca/2026/09/anishinabek-nation-statement-on-the-canada-investment-summit-2026/
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
There are major gaps when it comes to protection for critical habitats for species at risk. We add our name to @ontarionature.bsky.social's joint letter, commenting on proposed Critical Habitat Regulations. catalog.ontarionature.org/joint-ltr-to...
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Indigenous Climate Action @indigenousca.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Check out our latest blog talking all about your CPP and the Investment Summit happening this week, hosted by Mark Carney. Read the blog: www.indigenousclimateaction.com/ent… #EnergySovereignty
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350 Canada @350canada.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Last night, TORONTO SHOWED UP! We rallied, we marched, and we gave these climate-burning, genocide-funding billionaires the welcome they deserve! 📢💪 Carney may be rolling out the red carpet for the worst corporate villains on the planet, but we said loud and clear that OUR FUTURE IS NOT FOR SALE 🚫
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We join 30+ orgs in telling Canada: Stop putting Canadian mining interests ahead of Indigenous rights, respect the Xinka People’s decision to say “No!” and help ensure the safe & permanent closure of the Escobal mine @apgopa.bsky.social @cnca-rcrce.bsky.social 🔊 miningwatch.ca/news/2026/9/...
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Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability - RCRCE @cnca-rcrce.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Two decisions by the Canadian government, made just weeks apart, lay bare Canada’s approach to corporate accountability: strengthening protections for investors while scrapping its corporate accountability watchdog. @miningwatch.bsky.social canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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Canada protects mining investors while scrapping its corporate accountability watchdog
Canada 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...
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Lac Simon Chief Lucien Wabanonik says the Novador project was approved without Lac Simon’s consent. Now the community is turning to the courts.
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Lac Simon First Nation evicts gold mine from its ancestral territory
Drilling on the project stopped weeks ago when Lac Simon issued an eviction notice to Mexican mining company Fresnillo.
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In Fredericton on Sept 24? Join a timely conversation between Canada Program Co-Lead Rodrigue Turgeon and renowned author Alain Deneault on mining impacts and the real solutions we need! More info: www.facebook.com/share/1Ea4BW...
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freegrassy.bsky.social @freegrassy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#GrassyNarrows mother and grandmother Chrissy Isaacs is asking us to join her at #RiverRun2026 — will you be there? Show up and make sure Grassy Narrows cannot be ignored Sept. 23 • 12 PM • Grange Park RSVP - actionnetwork.org/events/river...
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
C’est quoi, un lac ou deux en moins ? Lettre ouverte publiée dans @lapresse.ca avec @eausecours.bsky.social.
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Résidus miniers | Avons-nous des lacs en trop au Québec ?
Les auteurs demandent au gouvernement du Québec d’interdire l’usage des lacs comme fosses à déchets miniers.
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Canada is strengthening legal protections for Canadian investors abroad while abandoning any pretense of holding those same corporations to account at home for their conduct. Read our latest for @canadiandimension.bsky.social #ISDS #EcuadorCanada
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Canada protects mining investors while scrapping its corporate accountability watchdog
Canada 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...
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The Energy Mix @theenergymix.com · 27/08/2026
Despite its statement that “Canada supports a moratorium on commercial seabed mining in areas beyond national jurisdiction,” the government is silent on Canadian-based The Metals Company pursuing a deep-sea mining licence in tandem with the Trump administration. www.theenergymix.com/canada-silen...
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Canada Silent as Trump-Backed Deep-Sea Mining Threatens a ‘Vital Climate Buffer’
As a Canadian company appears to sidestep international law and works in tandem with the Trump administration for a deep-sea mining licence, legal experts and activists are urging Prime Minister Mark ...
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freegrassy.bsky.social @freegrassy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
One month until River Run! Chrissy Isaacs & Clayton Thomas-Müller will be at River Run fighting for mercury justice. Will you march with them? On Sept. 23, thousands will march through Toronto with Grassy Narrows - will you? RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/river... #RiverRun2026 #GrassyNarrows
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 06/08/2026
As Crawford Nickel moves ahead, we'll see how provincial and government fast-tracking systems work in tandem. Here's @sobittersosweet.bsky.social on this rush to build quickly, from the feds to Ontario to B.C.: thenarwhal.ca/thenarwhal-c...
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Bill C-5: Canada’s push to fast-track projects | The Narwhal
Canada’s Bill C-5, B.C.’s Bill 15 and Ontario’s Bill 5 all promise to speed up development, from highways to clean energy. Why the rush?
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 06/08/2026
🧵: The federal government has approved the Crawford Nickel mine in Timmins, Ont. Some say it'll bolster the local economy, others worry about environmental and social impacts. Here's @leahbortskuperman.bsky.social's deep dive into the project from last fall: thenarwhal.ca/critical-min...
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Massive nickel mine planned north of Timmins, Ontario | The Narwhal
Amid a critical minerals rush, Canada Nickel’s Crawford mine project offers risks and opportunities for Timmins, in northern Ontario.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 07/08/2026
Premier Doug Ford started his third term a year and a half ago. So how has Ontario’s environmental agenda shifted since then? We dug through legislation, budgets and government documents to break down the biggest changes. Dive deeper: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-elec...
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Great to be part of this excellent series.
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Houston government goes to bat for Australian gold company's problem-plagued mega-project in Nova Scotia www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/h...
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Houston government goes to bat for Australian gold miner's problem-plagued mega-project in Nova Scotia - Halifax Examiner
The gravity and extent of problems with St Barbara’s project suggest a federal impact assessment is essential, if in fact the project should even be considered, let alone go ahead.
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Richard Cannings @dickcannings.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I fought the parts of this agreement that go against the interests, the human rights and the clear will of the Ecuadorean people, bringing it to the International Trade Committee for study, meeting with the Ecuadorean ambassador and with Ecuadorean indigenous reps. Canada should be ashamed.
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
⚠️ Canadian Organizations Condemn Signing of High-Risk Ecuador Free Trade Agreement" 🔊 | Press release: tinyurl.com/2kha5m58 The #EcuadorCanada Free Trade Agreement, signed today, grants sweeping and undemocratic protections to Canadian investors while deepening Ecuador’s human rights crisis.
Photo: @MSidhuLiberal on X
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
We 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. 🧵
Artwork by Harmeet Rehal
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Compte-rendu retour sur notre présence à Matimekush-Lac John et Kawawachikamach à l'invitation du Kamamuit Papakassikᵘ, pour fournir de l'information indépendante au sujet du projet minier Strange Lake de la compagnie Métaux Torngat @eausecours.bsky.social @fonddavidsuzuki.bsky.social bit.ly/4vKXUGi
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 14/07/2026
Hunter and trapper organizations in Inuit communities have raised concerns about a proposed expansion of the Baffinland mine, which will increase shipping traffic along narwhal migration routes, Meral Jamal reports: thenarwhal.ca/baffinland-n...
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Baffinland expansion in Arctic challenged by Nunavut hunters | The Narwhal
Mary River expansion could increase mine’s production five-fold. Inuit communities are concerned about wildlife, food system impacts
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Canada is trying to speed up mining project approvals and we've got big concerns. See why this is a terrible idea in our response to the federal govt's "Getting Major Projects Built in Canada - Discussion Paper on Proposed Legislative, Regulatory, & Policy Reforms". miningwatch.ca/2026/7/15/co...
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Yes To Life No To Mining @ylnm.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
After public hearings, Quebec’s Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement concluded that Horne 5 is unacceptable 💥 @miningwatch.bsky.social 🤝 @coalitionqmm.bsky.social
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Yes To Life No To Mining @ylnm.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
What if a massive mine was proposed beneath your city? ☣️ 📣✊️ That is what communities in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, are facing with Horne 5: a proposed underground mining project in the Notre-Dame neighbourhood, beneath an urban area already marked by nearly a century of industrial pollution. 🧵👇
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The #EnergyTransition cannot be built on injustice. Today, at the UN High-Level Meeting, we join 130+ organizations calling on Member States to build mineral supply chains rooted in justice, equity, rights and accountability. miningwatch.ca/blog/2026/7/...
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Want a good primer on how the fossil fuel and mining industries use international arbitration #ISDS to block climate policy? Check out this webinar tomorrow! ↘️
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
With the signing of the Ecuador-Canada free trade deal expected imminently, Ecuadorian #HumanRights organizations react to the decision to shut the office of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise. Canada's priorities are clear. English translation ➡️ miningwatch.ca/news/2026/7/...
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Coalition for Human Rights in Development @rightsindevt.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The #RekoDiq gold and copper mine in #Balochistan #Pakistan is a recipe for disaster. Yet, public development banks like IFC @ifccenter.bsky.social & ADB @adb.org are pouring billions of dollars into this project. 📢Join our campaign & call on the banks to #RethinkRekoDiq: bit.ly/RekoDiq
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 13/07/2026
We've set-up a petition. If you agree Alberta needs an anti-SLAPP law, please add your name and help spread the word:
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PressProgress: Defend Canadian Journalism
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🔊 MiningWatch joins 100+ others in calling for Anti-SLAPP legislation in #Alberta, calling attention to the growing number of legal threats and lawsuits targeting journalists and free expression on issues of public interest. Read more ➡️ antislappalberta.ca
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Alberta Needs Anti-SLAPP Legislation
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Really excited for this new podcast! Episode 1 just dropped featuring @quinnslobodian.com and @isabelestevez.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/0Xk1...
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CONTINENTAL SHIFT Ep 1: Free Market Fictions and Trade Frictions
The BREAK—DOWN · Episode
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Powerful words from the Cabildo Popular por el Agua de Cuenca in #Ecuador, marking the 1-year anniversary since the Citizens Assembly for Water and the Páramos of Azuay. #HandsOffKimsakocha #KimsakochaNoSeToca | English translation of the statement here: bit.ly/4h7xjPL
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 10/06/2026
As the US prepares to auction off federal seabed plots, experts warn existing regulations are outdated and unfit. Revisions intended to streamline leasing may actually weaken environmental reviews and restrict public input for the deep-sea mining sector. @elizabethalberts.bsky.social reports.
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Experts say ‘bare bones’ US laws are unfit to regulate nascent deep-sea mining industry
This is part 2 of a two-part series examining the U.S.’s efforts to begin deep-sea mining in federal waters. Part 2 examines the regulations that would govern the industry. Part 1 explored the…
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Jamie Kneen @jkneen.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Speculative investment vehicles gonna speculative investment vehicle. The real question is why we don’t just allow but subsidize it. See “Bad Prospects” eia.org/report/bad-p... for a great investigation.
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Bad Prospects - EIA
A speculative gold rush is putting communities in the Alaska-British Columbia transboundary region at financial and environmental risk, while a network of 450 Canadian companies reap the rewards thank...
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Why is a Canadian junior mining company hiring a MAGA extremist? MiningWatch's Jamie Kneen gives his take on the appointment of former US Secretary of Homeland Security #KristiNoem to the #NovaRed board. ➡️ bit.ly/4v9D0QA
Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Kristi Noem holds a gun, posing beside two soldiers in uniform, while she was the Governor of South Dakota in 2019. U.S. Army Reserve photo by Spc. Jamaal Turner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Canada's The Metals Company is trying to fast-track deep sea mining through a U.S. permit, circumventing international law & putting one of 🌏's most fragile ecosystems at risk. Tell 🇨🇦 to prevent unilateral deep sea mining and fight for a global moratorium! 🌊✊ www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Sign this Petition - Petitions
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🔊NEW REPORT by @dsmcampaign.bsky.social outlines how #DeepSeaMining won't just destroy ecosystems, it will release #radioactive materials. #DefendTheDeep ! bit.ly/4vamjor
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"All too often, we only find out after the fact that the rights have been granted — granted without our knowledge and without us even having a say," said Lucien Wabanonik, chief of the Lac-Simon Anishinaabe Nation, located in Quebec's Abitibi-Temiscamingue region. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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First Nations leaders call for more say in allocation of mining claims in Quebec | CBC News
A coalition of Indigenous leaders, led by the Anishinaabe First Nation, is calling on the Quebec government to modernize the process surrounding the granting of mining claims.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 25/06/2026
Not all old mine sites get to sashay into a new life. Nestled into coastal mountains just north of Vancouver, the former Britannia Mine is now a museum, a clean-up site — and a stage for Pride. 🌈 thenarwhal.ca/britannia-mi...
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A Pride drag show gives new life to an old B.C. mine | The Narwhal
North of Vancouver, the former Britannia Mine is now a museum, a clean-up site — and a Pride stage
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Trade and Investment Research Project @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“If there’s going to be an increase in operations, then there’s an increase in the possibility [of] potentially serious violations. And we still have nothing in place to address that,” @miningwatch.bsky.social national program co-lead @jkneen.bsky.social said. www.hilltimes.com/2026/06/24/l...
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Loss of human rights watchdog shines spotlight on Canada’s trade deal with Ecuador  - The Hill Times
The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise had a mandate to look into human rights abuses in the mining sector, which advocates worry will increase if a Canada-Ecuador trade pact is ratified...
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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Mining companies are greenwashing the industry’s biggest environmental problem. It’s time to work together to pursue real solutions. Read more in our new report: earthworks.org/zero-tailings
Greenwashing Mining's Biggest Environmental Challenge - new report
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
La Première Nation Anishnabe de Lac Simon annonce aujourd'hui la mobilisation d’un front commun de Chefs Anishnabe visant à réclamer une participation accrue des Premières Nations au processus d’attribution des claims miniers sur leurs territoires ancestraux. miningwatch.ca/fr/news/2026...
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
La Cour nous autorise à intervenir dans la contestation du CQDE de la Loi C-5 sur les projets « d’intérêt national ». C’est une reconnaissance claire de la gravité des questions soulevées par la Loi C-5 et de la nécessité d’en examiner pleinement la légalité. miningwatch.ca/fr/news/2026...
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"The Carney government’s reasons for disbanding the ombudsman are at best misinformed but much more likely a deliberate favor to Canadian multinationals to protect them from human rights claims against them." - Catherine Coumans, MiningWatch via @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/06/acco...
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Accountability advocates ‘shocked’ as Canadian government eliminates watchdog agency
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced last week that the government eliminated an office created to probe overseas human rights complaints about Canadian corporations, including mining conglom...
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