As the Government of Canada considers its priorities and budget we are writing to remind you of the commitment made to Canadians by then trade minister François-Philippe Champagne when he announced the creation of the CORE in 2018. The CORE is a critical component of the Government of Canada’s...

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...

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...

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...

The work to secure a just future for people and the planet is multigenerational. Making a gift in your will of any size can provide the resources to strengthen and carry on that work. That is why MiningWatch is launching a legacy giving program, to mark the end of 25th anniversary fundraising...

Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act, including the Building Canada Act, is already a fait accompli. The Conservatives are supporting the Liberal minority to ram it through the House of Commons with no meaningful deliberation and no significant amendments. It is slated to pass third reading by...

We are Canadian, Indigenous, and international organizations who advocate for ocean protection. We are writing to you today about the threat of deep-sea mining, and the urgent need for Canada to increase its leadership on the issue and strengthen its commitment to responsible ocean governance. We...

We are writing to encourage you not to give in to pressure from Falco Resources, which, in a recent media statement, publicly criticized you and the Ministry of the Environment, Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks (MELCCFP) regarding the delays in processing the file following the environmental...

The following blog was written by Viviana Herrera of MiningWatch Canada and Paulina Personius of Earthworks.

Today 101 organizations are calling on First Quantum Minerals to close its Cobre Panama mine, drop the international arbitration against Panama, and implement environmental remediation at the...

In 2018, the Panamanian Supreme Court of Justice found that the original concession contract for First Quantum Minerals' Cobre Panama mine violated five articles of the Panamanian Constitution and was therefore null and void. The primary cause of the violations was the lack of a required bidding...

[W]e trust that the much-needed change you have promised will mean a reset on Canada’s trade negotiations with Ecuador. At a minimum, no agreement should move forward without meaningful consultation and the free, prior and informed consent of affected Indigenous Peoples. There must also be...

For 16 years, Committee for the Defence of Water and Páramo of Santurbán has worked to protect the Santurban páramo - a high altitude wetland ecosystem which provides fresh water to more than two million people. Recently, they achieved recognition of part of the páramo as a Temporary Reserve Zone...

We, the undersigned Canadian civil society organizations, wish to express our deep solidarity with the Xinka people and their struggle for self-determination concerning the future of the Escobal mine, owned by Vancouver-based Pan American Silver. The Indigenous Xinka people have denied consent for...

On May 19, the Ecuadorian Chamber of Mining reported that a "free, prior and informed consultation process" had been approved for Canadian Dundee Precious Metals’ project. The Chamber says that “100% of the inhabitants of [Indigenous community of San Pedro de Escaleras] approved the advancement of...

Ontario’s Conservative government can’t seem to miss an opportunity to try to solve a problem by doing the wrong thing. In the face of US President Trump’s tariffs, the Ford government is pushing through an omnibus bill that would create “Special Economic Zones” for mining and infrastructure...

Rouyn-Noranda – May 16, 2025. Citizens Julie Fortier and Miguel Charlebois of Rouyn-Noranda, represented by their lawyers at Siskinds Desmeules, filed a motion for authorization to institute a class action lawsuit on October 23, 2023, in the Superior Court of Quebec against the Government of Quebec...