(Unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin Territories – Ottawa) Environmental and civil society groups condemn Parliament’s reckless passage of Bill C-5’s controversial Building Canada Act. The Act erodes democratic principles, runs roughshod over Indigenous rights, shuts Canadians out of decisions that could affect them, and puts the environment at risk.

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 campaign. 

A gift in your will is an extraordinary way to express hope for the future, and a commitment of solidarity to people and communities fighting to protect the land and water for future generations. 

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 midnight on Friday, June 20, and be passed by the Senate by June 27, when the Senate rises for the summer.

The following letter was sent to Prime Minister Marc Carney by 20 Canadian and international civil society organizations, coalitions, and unions, including MiningWatch Canada.

The Right Honourable Mark Carney, P.C., M.P.

Prime Minister of Canada

Office of the Prime Minister

80 Wellington Street

Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A2

RE: CANADA’S POSITION ON DEEP SEA MINING

Dear friends, 

Politics are becoming increasingly toxic and the climate is deteriorating, but we continue to resist the dominant industrial model and seek out alternatives. 

The following open letter to President Javier Milei was signed by 39 organizations, including MiningWatch Canada. Argentinian organizations and mining affected communities denounce President’s Milei for trying to pass a presidential decree that would modify the National Glacier protection law in order to allow more industrial mining in highly sensitive ecosystems such as glaciers and periglacial zones - which would heavily benefit Canadian companies, and threaten many communities' drinking water.

The following letter was sent to Benoit Charette, Minister of the Environment, Climate Change, Wildlife, and Parks, by five civil society organizations, including MiningWatch Canada.

Subject: Request not to give in to pressure from Falco Resources and reject the Horne 5 mining project

Dear Minister,

Energy Mix Staff, The Energy Mix. 

Environmental assessment specialists, nature protection advocates, Indigenous leaders, and other climate and energy analysts are aghast at the scope and potential impacts of the legislation introduce Friday by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government that would grant it new powers to quickly push forward major projects the federal cabinet deems to be in the national interest.

By J. Arroyo Olea - Resumen.cl

The Supreme Court of Chile overturned a ruling in favor of the Canadian mining company Aclara, marking a legal setback for the company after the local Concepción Court of Appeals had ruled in its favour in a case against environmental defenders in Penco who criticized its rare earth project.

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 mine site. 

Historic opposition wins protections