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 Dispute Settlement" (ISDS), which poses serious obstacles to climate and environmental justice...
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Canada Protects Mining Investors While Scrapping Its Corporate Accountability Ombuds
Ecuadorians have repeatedly rejected investor-state arbitration. Canada’s new trade deal would bring it back
Two decisions by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government, made just weeks apart, lay bare Canada’s approach to corporate accountability.
In June, Carney announced the abrupt closure of the...
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"Continental Shift” Podcast
We are very excited to be part of the newly-released podcast series Continental Shift, a joint production of Adrienne Buller (The BREAK—DOWN podcast) and Youssef Bouchi (Geopolitical Ecology).
This four-part series on the global rush for critical minerals and what it means for the North American...
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Joint Letter to United Nations Member States: UN High Level Meeting on Critical Energy Transition Minerals
MiningWatch Canada adds our name to the following joint letter along with 130+ organizations from around the world, urging Member States to put justice, equity, rights, and accountability at the heart of critical mineral governance. Click here for the full list of signatories.
Excellencies,
Two...
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Alberta Needs Anti-SLAPP Legislation
MiningWatch Canada adds our signature to the following letter, calling for anti-SLAPP legislation to be adopted in Alberta. See the full list of signatories here.
We, the undersigned, are Canadian journalists, digital media creators, writers, members of civil society organizations, labour unions...
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Statement of Solidarity and International Support to Ecuadorian Communities and Organizations
MiningWatch Canada adds our signature to the following statement in solidarity with the communities of Las Naves, San Luis de Pambil, and Zapotal, and to the Ecumenical Commission on Human Rights (CEDHU) in Ecuador. Communities have faced repression, widespread criminalization, and the rapid...
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Why Is a Canadian Junior Mining Company Hiring a MAGA Extremist?
A couple of weeks ago, a little-known Canadian junior mining company appointed former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Kristi Noem to its advisory board. The backlash from Canadians was swift. The company, NovaRed, was flooded with messages telling its President and CEO Brian Goss that...
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MiningWatch Calls on Canada to Strengthen the CORE, Not Eliminate It
Today, MiningWatch Canada joined allies in the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) in denouncing the federal government's decision to shut down the Office of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE).
MiningWatch has long advocated for an effective Ombudsperson who...
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Webinar - Standing Up to the Escobal Mine: Celebrating Nine Years of the Xinka People’s Resistance Encampment
On June 16th, we gathered online to celebrate and show solidarity with over fifteen years of the Xinka People’s peaceful resistance to Pan American Silver’s Escobal mine, which they halted in mid-operation in 2017 when they set up a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week resistance camp that is still ongoing today...
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On World Environment Day, Communities in the Dominican Republic Call for Environmental Accountability
The following was co-written by Diana Martin (MiningWatch Canada) and Jan Morrill (Earthworks).
As the world observes World Environment Day 2026, global attention is increasingly focused on the urgent need for climate action and environmental protection. This year’s theme, “Inspired by Nature. For...
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Barrick's Virtual AGM Curtails Meaningful Engagement with Stakeholders
Today MiningWatch Canada attended Barrick Mining’s virtual Annual General Meeting. MiningWatch’s Catherine Coumans attended as a proxy holder. She input the four questions below well before the request for questions was made by CEO Mark Hill. When it came time for someone appointed by Barrick to...
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Canadian Civil Society Leaders Say NO to the Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement
Prominent Indigenous, human rights, labour, environmental and other civil society leaders from across Canada are raising their voices to say ‘NO’ to the Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement.
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Letter to Development Banks: Civil Society Organizations Express Concern over Human Rights Risks at Reko Diq mine
Last April 2, 2026, Barrick Mining Corporation disclosed that they are slowing down activity and reviewing security risks around the Reko Diq project in Balochistan, Pakistan until mid-2027. While this development is crucial given the ongoing war in West Asia, the Reko Diq project has been...
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Letter to Prime Minister Carney: Canadian Organizations Urge Decisive Action on Unilateral Deep-sea Mining
The following letter was sent to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Joanne Thompson, Minister of Natural Resources Tim Hodgson, Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Canadian...
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Don’t Neglect Your CORE: Canada’s Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise
On Wednesday, April 15, Catherine Coumans, MiningWatch Canada's Research Coordinator, presented on behalf of the Canadian Network for Corporate Accountability to the All Party Parliamentary group on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery. In her presentation, Catherine raised serious concerns...
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BC's Revised EA Process - When is an expedited process not an expedited process?
When the BC government introduced Bill 15, the Infrastructure Projects Act last May, Premier David Eby said it was needed in order to speed up the construction of dams and major highways in response to economic pressure from US tariffs. When it passed into law less than a month later, Infrastructure...