Abject failure: Canada’s would-be human rights watchdog leaves Bangladeshi garment workers languishing in poverty

The appalling working and living standards faced by Bangladeshi garment workers compelled the United Steelworkers union (USW) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) to file a joint complaint to the Office of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) against retailer Mark’s and its parent company Canadian Tire. Read their statement on the CORE's response.
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United Steelworkers – Canadian Labour Congress

Threats Against the Community of Carrizalillo, Guerrero and Call for Respectful Negotiations

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MiningWatch Canada joins as a signatory to this letter to Equinox Gold, expressing deep concern over escalating tensions around the Canadian company's Los Filos mine in Mexico.

To Mr. Greg Smith 
CEO & President, Equinox Gold

Re: Threats against Carrizalillo ejido and call for respectful negotiations

Alert: Violence Against Peaceful Anti-Mining Resistance in Azuay, Ecuador

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On Thursday, March 6th, four members of the peaceful resistance to protect the Kimsakocha páramo in Southern Ecuador – all of them women, and one of them a senior citizen – were attacked by a group of five women carrying various objects like sticks, scissors, and a heavy padlock on a small neighbourhood laneway on their way to their agricultural lands.

Canadian Unions Express Deep Concern About Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement

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Several prominent Canadian unions write to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to express deep concern about the free trade agreement Canada has negotiated with Ecuador. Collectively, the unions represent more than three million public and private sector workers across Canada. Following an initial letter sent on October 2024, the unions urge Canada to again reconsider this trade agreement out of deep concern about the potential negative impact this agreement will have on Indigenous communities in Ecuador, as well as broader implications for human rights and environmental protections.

Colombia's Declaration of Temporary Reserve Area in Santurbán Páramo a Victory for Defence of Water

Civil society organizations celebrate the measure taken by the Colombian Ministry of the Environment, which involves a two year suspension of Canadian company Aris Mining's gold mining project in the páramo.

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MiningWatch Canada – the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) – the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), Mining and Trade Project – the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) – Common Frontiers Canada

The Rights of Nature Become a Rallying Point Against an Ascendant Mining Industry

Communities and ecosystems across the globe face heavy environmental damage from intensifying mining operations. A people’s tribunal probed the Canadian mining industry’s impact on the natural world and the people defending it.

Katie Surma, Inside Climate News

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Inside Climate News

Carrizalillo denounces death threats and reiterates call for respectful negotiations with Equinox Gold as company leadership makes surprise visit

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On Sunday, representatives of the community of Carrizalillo, a community of 3,500 located roughly 500 metres from the cyanide leaching pad of Equinox Gold’s Los Filos mine in Guerrero, Mexico, sent a letter to CEO and President Greg Smith. The correspondence denounces a surprise visit to the community from top company leadership in Mexico as part of efforts to discredit Carrizalillo’s representatives while death threats have been escalating against their members. 

Outraged by Toronto mining convention, demonstrators disrupt opening day proceedings

Mining Injustice members blocked the northside entrance to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for 30 minutes during the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention on Sunday, organizers said.

Alex Flood, Toronto Today

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Toronto Today
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