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Control the Corporations

Canadian mining companies operate around the world and dominate the sector in number and the amount of capital raised for exploration. But there are no regulations or controls on their activities to prevent them from profiting from weak protection for the environment, workers, indigenous peoples and human rights in host countries.

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Canadian Mining Policy in Practice

12.02.2011
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International Solidarity with El Salvadoran Environmentalists

10.02.2011
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Wikileaks: Weak governance and investor protections make CSR ineffective for overseas operations

09.02.2011
News Release

Human Rights Report Confirms Rapes by Security Guards at Barrick Mine in Papua New Guinea

01.02.2011
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Comments on the draft UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

31.01.2011
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Urgent Action: Denounce recent wave of death threats and crimes against El Salvadoran anti-mining movement

31.01.2011
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Urgent Action: Protect Vital Wetlands in Colombia from Canadian Mining Project

21.01.2011
Presentation

Corporate Rights Over Human Rights: Canadian mining in Central America

12.01.2011
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Challenging Quebec's Asbestos Exports

07.01.2011
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Undermining human rights: A report back from northwestern Guatemala

22.12.2010
News Release

Project to restart asbestos mine in Quebec: A forest in Australia, a cemetery in India?

09.12.2010
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Bill C-300: Hope for the future

07.12.2010
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Award Winning Mining Company Being Sued for Violent Death of Community Leader: Industry Out of Step with Canadian Values and Expectations

02.12.2010
Friends of MiningWatch

Administrative Tribunal Sides With Communities of Northern Costa Rica, Annuls Infinito Gold's Mining Concession

24.11.2010
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Bill C-300 a High Water Mark for Mining and Government Accountability

16.11.2010
Friends of MiningWatch

Class Action Filed Against Anvil Mining by Congolese Victims

16.11.2010
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Vale’s Billion Dollar Bonus – Another Example of EDC’s Faulty CSR

15.11.2010
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Vote on Bill C-300 Signals Strong Momentum Towards Regulation of Canadian Mining Industry Overseas

28.10.2010
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Letter from 39 Latin American Human Rights Organizations Supporting Bill C-300

27.10.2010
News Release

Suppressed Report Confirms International Violations by Canadian Mining Companies

18.10.2010
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Declaration in Defence of Wirikuta

13.10.2010
News Release

El Salvador: Tribunal Convicts Marcelo Rivera's Killers

27.09.2010
News Release

Political contributions, DFO letters, raise more questions about BC’s approval of bad mine

24.09.2010
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Military Coups, Mining & Canadian Involvement in Honduras

23.09.2010
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Support for Mining Over Democratic Principles in Papua New Guinea

18.07.2010
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OECD Complaint Filed Against Rio Tinto and Ivanhoe Mines in Mongolia

18.07.2010
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Corruption and Oppression in Chiapas, Mexico

18.07.2010
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Bill C-300 Goes to a Vote this Fall – We Need Your Support!

17.07.2010
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Urgent Action: Shooting of Community Leader Opposing Goldcorp Inc.'s Marlin Mine in Guatemala; Threats Against Local Leaders Escalate

13.07.2010
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Urgent Action: Support legislation to impose standards on Canadian government support for mining companies operating internationally

01.07.2010
News Release

Guatemala Suspends Marlin mine - Human rights and environmental organizations applaud the decision, urge President Colom’s government to protect communities against retaliation

24.06.2010
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Judge Rules that Canadian Ambassador Slandered Documentary Video Maker – Both Ambassador and Canadian Government ordered to pay almost $10,000 in damages and costs

17.06.2010
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Testimony on Bill C-300 at Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 8, 2010

08.06.2010
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Andalgalá community wants Canadian company Yamana Gold to cease operations

27.04.2010
News Release

Canadian Fact-finding Delegation Discovers Mexican Community Devastated by Mining Activities of Blackfire Exploration

21.04.2010
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Make the Canadian Mining Industry More Accountable

25.03.2010
News Release

Groups File Documentation with RCMP on Canadian Mining Company’s Involvement in Mexican Corruption Case

10.03.2010
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Bill C-300 – Private Member's Bill Promotes Industry and Government Accountability

05.01.2010
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The Government’s New “CSR Counsellor” for the Extractive Sector

05.01.2010
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The Cordillera del Condor – Ecuador and Peru Turn On Their Own Peoples

05.01.2010

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