Mushkegowuk Council is the regional organization that represents the interests of seven Cree First Nations in the James Bay Basin of North-Eastern Ontario. Besides Attawapiskat First Nation, it includes three other remote communities on the shores of James Bay: Moose Cree, Fort Albany and...
Northwatch Comments on the Scoping of the Environmental Assessment of DeBeers' Victor Project at Attawapiskat on James Bay
RE: Victor Diamond Project, De Beers Canada Exploration Inc., FEAI Reference Number 40658 - Draft Guidelines for the Conduct of a Comprehensive Study and the preparation of a Draft Comprehensive Study Report dated December 12, 2003
Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Comments on the Scoping of the Environmental Assessment of DeBeers' Victor Project at Attawapiskat on James Bay
RE: Victor Diamond Project, De Beers Canada Exploration Inc., FEAI Reference Number 40658 - Draft Guidelines for the Conduct of a Comprehensive Study and the preparation of a Draft Comprehensive Study Report dated December 12, 2003
MiningWatch Canada Comments on the Scoping of the Environmental Assessment of DeBeers' Victor Project at Attawapiskat on James Bay
RE: Victor Diamond Project, De Beers Canada Exploration Inc., FEAI Reference Number 40658 - Draft Guidelines for the Conduct of a Comprehensive Study and the preparation of a Draft Comprehensive Study Report dated December 12, 2003
Ruling on Private Land in Ontario
By Marilyn Crawford
The Mining and Lands Commissioner Tribunal has made it clear that regulations prioritize the interest of miners over the interest of property owners seeking to exercise their right before staking and prospecting can take place and to have areas exempt from mining claims...
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United Nations Whitewashes Canadian Mining Companies Operating in Democratic Republic of Congo
On October 24 of last year, the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and other Forms of Wealth in the Congo, a UN panel struck to research this issue, submitted its report to the United Nations. The five-member panel said that the different strategies for the illegal...
Background on CanTung Water Licence
Mine Location and History
The CanTung mine is located in the southwestern NWT, just inside the boundary with the Yukon. Road access is through the Yukon and the closest community is Watson Lake. The tungsten deposit was first staked in 1954 and went into production in 1962. The mine closed...
Presentation before the Senate Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee on Bill C-48 Regarding the Taxation of Industry and Natural
By MiningWatch Canada and the Green Budget Coalition.
Mining in Canada: The Bigger Picture
Presentation for Philippine Delegation to Canada by Catherine Coumans, Ph.D.:
- Dealing with mine waste – The problem, Submarine Tailings Disposal, Canadian regulations
- Dealing with mine closure – Abandoned mines; Never a sustainable closure of a producing mine
- Indigenous issues and mining –...
Canadian Asbestos: A Global Concern
On September 12 to 13, MiningWatch Canada participated in a conference in Ottawa sponsored by the International Ban Asbestos Network entitled Canadian Asbestos: A Global Concern. The Conference was co-chaired by Joe Comartin (NDP MP for Windsor) and Elizabeth May of the Sierra Club of Canada. The...
Ontario: The Old Mining Act Works!
Over the past three years, members of Bedford Mining Alert (north of Kingston, Ontario) have brought several disputes before the Provincial Mining Recorder and the Mining and Lands Commissioner.
Most have challenged the “right of free entry” by prospectors on private lands. As the Mining and...
Asbestos Mining in Canada: Presentation
I have divided my talk into two sections: an overview of asbestos mining in Canada and some strategic considerations for taking on the issue here.
Communiqué issued by the Rhéébù Nùù Committee
For the past four months, the Rhéébù Nùù Committee has politely observed a silent stance on the situation regarding the Goro Nickel project being implemented on our lateritic land in the South.
During Mrs. Dutilleul's visit* and again during the French President's visit, the committee issued a...
Letter of Opposition and Demand to Halt Gold Mining Exploitation by PT Meratus Sumber Mas
Letter of Opposition and Demand to Halt Gold Mining Exploitation by PT Meratus Sumber Mas (PT Placer Dome Indonesia and PT Scorpion Placer Dome) in the Meratus Mountains in Kotabaru Regency, South Kalimantan
To the honourable,The President of the Republic of Indonesia,Jakarta
We are the indigenous...
Rhetoric vs. Reality: Investing as if Human Rights Mattered
A Presentation by
Joan Kuyek, D.S.W, MiningWatch Canada
to the Think Tank of the Board of Directors of Rights and Democracy
"International Investment and Human Rights: Political and Legal Issues"
June 11, 2003, Ottawa, Ontario
I am honoured to be here today and to share with you a non...
MiningWatch Canada Annual Meeting
On March 21, MiningWatch Canada held its Annual Meeting in Ottawa, followed by a two-day Board meeting.Our directors for 2003-4 are: Evelyn Baxter Robinson, Laura Calmwind, Will David, Sarah Johnnie, Brennain Lloyd, Ken Luckhardt, Ron Maurice, François Meloche, John McInnis, Lorraine Michael, Sue...