Open Letter: 27 Canadian Organizations Support Xinka People’s Right to Self-Determination over Canadian Mine in Guatemala

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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 the restart of the mine in the culmination of a seven-year consultation process ordered by Guatemala’s Constitutional Court in September 2018. 

Communities, environmental groups voice concerns about controversial consultation process approval for Canadian mining project in Ecuador

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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.

Ontario wants to speed up mine approvals. Critics say it's using the tariff threat as a pretext

Mike Crawley, CBC News 

Premier Doug Ford blames 'red tape,' but that's not the only reason for lengthy timelines in mining. 

Premier Doug Ford's government is pushing ahead with sweeping new legislation it says will speed up the approval of mining projects in Ontario, but critics say the province is using the threat of tariffs as an excuse to loosen environmental regulations on the industry.

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UN experts denounce threats and stigmatization against defenders of water and the Santurbán páramo; demand protection for their work

On March 6, 2025 the United Nations Special Rapporteurs on human rights defenders, a healthy environment, water and sanitation, and the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights sent formal letters to the governments of Colombia, Canada, and the

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MiningWatch, Common Frontiers, Institute for Policy Studies, Center for International Environmental Law, Committee for the Defense of Water and the Santurban Paramo, Inter-American Association for the Defense of the Environment

Report Back | Hearings on the application for authorization to institute class action proceedings against Glencore (Horne Smelter) and the Government of Quebec

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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 and the multinational corporation Glencore, owner of the Horne Smelter, for damages caused to people who lived in the urban area of the City of Rouyn-Noranda as a result of the release of toxic and/or carcinogenic contaminants (including arsenic, lead, cadmium, and sulfur) into t

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Open letter: 100+ International organizations call on Argentinian authorities to end the criminalization of environmental defenders in Chubut

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More than 100 International Organizations Call on Argentinian Authorities to Stop Criminalizing Environmental Defenders in the Province of Chubut

Ottawa-Chubut — In an open letter sent to the provincial authorities of Chubut, 115 Argentinian and international organizations, unions and coalitions express deep concern about the criminalization of six environmental defenders due to their efforts to protect water and local ecosystems from Canadian mining.

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MiningWatch Canada, No to the Esquel Mine Assembly, Union of Community Assemblies of Chubut (UACCh)
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