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MiningWatch Canada works toward a world in which Indigenous peoples can effectively exercise their rights to self-determination, communities must consent before any mining activities may occur, and mineworkers are guaranteed safe and healthy conditions. Affected peoples and communities have the means to protect their human rights, ways of life, livelihoods and environment from the potential or actual effects of mineral exploration and extraction activities, and have effective access to justice and reparations for mining harms. Source
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Search ArticlesCanadá debe exigir el cierre definitivo de la mina Escobal
30 organizaciones de la sociedad civil canadiense denuncian la respuesta irreverente e insincera de Canadá a continuar el «diálogo», después de que el pueblo Xinka rechazara inequívocamente la mina Escobal en una consulta ordenada por la corte Treinta organizaciones de la sociedad civil canadiense exigen al Gobierno canadiense que respete la histórica decisión del pueblo Xinka de denegar su consentimiento a la mina de plata de Escobal en Guatemala y que deje de vulnerar sus derechos mediante...
Canada Must Call for the Permanent Closure of the Escobal Mine
30 Canadian civil society organizations denounce Canada’s disrespectful and disingenuous call for more “dialogue” after the Xinka People unequivocally rejected the Escobal mine in a court-ordered consultation. OTTAWA — Thirty Canadian civil society organizations are calling on the Canadian government to respect the Xinka People’s historic decision to withhold consent for the Escobal silver mine in Guatemala and stop undermining their rights through calls for continued dialogue.
Lac Simon First Nation evicts gold mine from its ancestral territory
The community says neither Quebec or company Fresnillo sought consent from the community. Savanna Craig, APTN Lac Simon Chief Lucien Wabanonik stands looking over a sea of rock core samples a mining company left on his community’s territory. Work at this proposed mine has been at a standstill for weeks. Wabanonik smiles as a large visitor walks by — one he hasn’t seen on the many visits he’s had at this mine. “The first time I see a moose here,” he says as the moose looks back at him.
Avons-nous des lacs en trop au Québec ?
Les auteurs demandent au gouvernement du Québec d’interdire l’usage des lacs comme fosses à déchets miniers. Rodrigue Turgeon et Rébecca Pétrin, La Presse La question peut paraître saugrenue à première vue. Pourtant, à voir la simplicité avec laquelle un projet minier obtient une autorisation pour détruire des plans d’eau au Québec, on pourrait croire que nos gouvernements jugent qu’on peut se permettre d’en sacrifier plusieurs.
Canada protects mining investors while scrapping its corporate accountability watchdog
Ecuadorians have repeatedly rejected investor-state arbitration. Canada’s new trade deal would bring it back Two decisions by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government, made just weeks apart, lay bare Canada’s approach to corporate accountability.
Submission for the Government of Canada’s consultation on due diligence and civil liability measures to eliminate forced labour in supply chains
MiningWatch Canada advocates for policies and legislation in Canada to ensure that mining companies carry out due diligence to prevent harm that may be caused or contributed to by their operations and we seek effective access to remedy in Canada through both non-judicial mechanisms and judicial means. Given our organizational mandate, the ongoing use of forced labour in the operations of Canadian mining companies, their subsidiaries or contractors, is of serious concern for MiningWatch Canada.
Canada Silent as Trump-Backed Deep-Sea Mining Threatens a ‘Vital Climate Buffer’
Gaye Taylor, The Energy Mix As a Canadian company appears to sidestep international law and works in tandem with the Trump administration for a deep-sea mining licence, legal experts and activists are urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to censure its actions and publicly reassert Canada’s position supporting a moratorium on mining the fragile ecosystems.
Changing landscapes: Resistance against Canadian copper mining faces newly elected government in Colombia
Lital Khaikin, Halifax Examiner Until June, Canada had a means for investigating multinationals accused of human rights violations abroad. But in mid-June, Prime Minister Mark Carney eliminated the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), a corporate watchdog. The CORE allowed affected communities to file cases for investigation into allegations of human rights violations by Canadian companies abroad.
"Continental Shift” Podcast
We are very excited to be part of the newly-released podcast series Continental Shift, a joint production of Adrienne Buller (The BREAK—DOWN podcast) and Youssef Bouchi (Geopolitical Ecology).
Government of the Northwest Territories Dismantles Diamond Mining Independent Oversight
Rio Tinto Northwest Territories Diamonds Source: Alternatives North (Yellowknife, NWT) The Minister of Environment and Climate Change for the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has quietly agreed to shut down the environmental oversight bodies for the Snap Lake and Diavik diamond mines, as requested by the diamond mining companies, in decisions released on June 30, 2026 and July 31, 2026. There was no public engagement undertaken as part of these decisions.