A year ago today, the Xinka Indigenous people of Guatemala denied consent for the reopening of Canadian company Pan-American Silver's Escobal mine.
Now, MP and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May @elizabethemay has formally tabled a petition in parliament demanding that the Xinka people's decision be respected!
The petitioners are asking the government of Canada to:
1️⃣ Reaffirm the Xinka people’s right to free, prior, and informed consent
2️⃣ Take action to protect Xinka defenders and ensure their safety and security.
Prominent Indigenous, human rights, labour, environmental and other civil society leaders from across Canada are are calling on the federal government to halt a proposed free trade agreement with Ecuador.
Swipe to see why these leaders are raising their voices to say NO to the Canada-Ecuador FTA.
Canadian leaders are raising their voices in solidarity with Indigenous, environmental, human rights and trade justice organizations in Ecuador, to say 'NO' to the Canada-Ecuador FTA.
Swipe to see why they say a reset grounded in rights, justice and environmental protection is urgently needed.
The Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement is strongly opposed by a broad range of civil society organizations, who fear it poses dangerous risks to rights and the environment.
Swipe to see why Canadian civil society leaders are calling on the federal government to halt the Canada-Ecuador FTA.
The Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement threatens Indigenous rights, human rights and the environment.
Swipe for words of wisdom from civil society leaders calling for a different path forward: a trade framework that puts Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination, human rights, environmental protection, trade justice, and nature at its core.
Leading voices from across Canada—including human rights, Indigenous, labour, and environment leaders—are calling on the federal government to halt a proposed free trade agreement with Ecuador, which poses a serious threat to human rights, Indigenous rights and the environment.
📣This call echoes longstanding opposition from Indigenous organizations, environmental defenders and civil society groups in Ecuador who have urged international allies to act.
✊Together, we are standing in solidarity with our Ecuadorian counterparts to urge both governments to halt the Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement!
🌱 Learn more about why these leaders are speaking out at the link in bio!
Why is Bill C-5 causing so much alarm? And why should it must it be struck down by the courts?
Find out why MiningWatch supports the Quebec Environmental Law Centre @cqde_environnement legal challenge against federal Bill C-5 and is seeking leave to intervene to voice its concerns.
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Pourquoi la Loi C-5 inquiète autant? Et pourquoi elle doit être invalidée par les tribunaux?
Découvrez pourquoi MiningWatch soutient le recours du CQDE contre la Loi fédérale C-5 et demande à intervenir pour partager ses préoccupations.
#BillC5 #LoiC5 #polcan #cdnpoli
⚠️Torngat’s mining project is an unacceptable violation of Innuat’s sovereignty over the Nitassinan⚠️ It is also a violation of the integrity of all future generations. We say NO to the projected sacrifice of our lands to extract strategic minerals!
➡️Read our Declaration expressing Matimekush’s land defenders’ firm opposition to the project.
A group of concerned environmental organizations including MiningWatch Canada, @oceans_north and @greenpeace_canada sent a letter to Prime Minister Carney urging his government to take decisive action to protect the international seabed and uphold the UN Convention on the Law of the Seas.
A subsidiary (TMC-USA) of a Canadian mining company, The Metals Company, is seeking to bypass international law to mine the deep seabed.
The signatories are demanding that the government publicly denounce these efforts and protect the ocean environment.
Read the full letter at the link in bio!
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Un groupe d'organisations environnementales, dont MiningWatch Canada, Oceans North et Greenpeace Canada, a envoyé une lettre au Premier ministre Carney pour exhorter son gouvernement à prendre des mesures décisives afin de protéger les fonds marins internationaux et de faire respecter la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer.
Une filiale (TMC-USA) d’une société minière canadienne, The Metals Company, cherche à contourner le droit international pour exploiter les fonds marins profonds.
Les signataires exigent que le gouvernement dénonce publiquement ces manœuvres et protège l’environnement marin.
Lisez la lettre en cliquant sur le lien dans notre bio!
The opposition to C-5 is growing.
Today, 11 environmental, scientific, and human rights organizations from across Canada are asking to intervene in the CQDE’s legal challenge against C-5.
This law, passed under closure, raises significant concerns regarding compliance with laws, particularly environmental laws, and the scope of powers granted to the federal government.
Our goal: to ensure that the courts hear our concerns and assess the full scope of this law’s consequences.
#BillC5 #polcan
Mining Watch Canada has signed onto an open statement alongside over 300+ civil society organisations calling on governments around the world to build a coalition to “free themselves” from a little-known international system of secretive tribunals called ISDS.
Canadian mining companies have a massive ISDS footprint in Latin America, using secretive tribunals to sue governments outside national legal systems. These mechanisms are profoundly undemocratic, constraining and undermining sovereignty and the right to self-determination.
Read the full statement at the link in bio!
Over 340 civil society organisations have signed an open statement calling on governments around the world to build a coalition to “free themselves” from a little-known international system of secretive tribunals.
Published ahead of the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, taking place in Colombia at the end of April, the statement says this system, formally known as investor-state dispute settlement or ISDS, “threatens a just transition from fossil fuels and the urgent need for a social and ecological transformation for people and the planet.”
