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Brief on Québec's Bill 5 aimed at fast-tracking priority projects and projects of national importance

The purpose of this brief is to present an analysis of the proposed Bill to accelerate authorizations required for the completion of priority and national-scale projects (PL5). The brief was produced by Eau Secours, with the support of the Coalition Québec meilleure mine (QMM) and Sept-Îles Sans Uranium (SISUR), and aims to convey our comments and positions regarding the proposed legislation.

The brief is available in french only.

Canada Québec

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Brief: Bill 11 amending various provisions primarily for the purpose of reducing regulatory and administrative burdens

This brief, prepared jointly by the Coalition Québec meilleure mine, MiningWatch Canada and Eau Secours, provides a critical analysis of Québec's "Bill 11 amending various provisions primarily for the purpose of reducing regulatory and administrative burdens."

Canada Québec

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UN Brief: Report on the Violation of the Rights to Indigenous Self-Determination and Democratic Participation of Indigenous Peoples in Canada Due to “Fast-Tracking” Legislation for Major Projects

This Shadow Report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee with Respect to the Seventh Periodic Report of Canada was developed by the Environmental Justice and Sustainability Clinic, a public interest legal clinic and experiential education initiative housed at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, and co-submitted with MiningWatch Canada and Legal Advocates for Nature's Defence (LAND).

Canada Indigenous Rights

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UN Brief: Canada fails to protect human rights abused by Canadian mining companies operating overseas and fails to provide effective remedy in Canada for those whose rights have been violated by Canadian mining companies operating abroad

MiningWatch Canada submission in advance of consideration of the seventh Periodic Review of Canada by the UN Human Rights Committee, 145th session, March 2026

Canada Human Rights

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Event Report: Coalition Québec meilleure mine Conference 2025

Les 17 et 18 novembre 2025, la Coalition Québec meilleure mine a tenu son second congrès ayant pour thème « Politique des minéraux critiques et stratégiques : quelles voix/voies pour l’environnement et la population ».

Canada Québec