Will Canadian companies respond to widescale public dissent by threatening to sue?
Tens of thousands of people took to the street on Friday in a nationwide strike led by the...
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Letter to First Quantum Minerals regarding Cobre Panama
101 civil society organizations and coalitions, including MiningWatch Canada and Common Frontiers, sent the following letter to First Quantum Minerals’ Chief Executive Officer. The Cobre Panama case demonstrates how mining...
Read MoreLetter to Prime Minister Carney: Reset needed in Canada-Ecuador trade deal
On June 6, 29 Canadian civil society organizations, coalitions, and unions, including Common Frontiers, sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney calling for a reset on the Canada-Ecuador trade deal to ensure that it is...
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Six Canadian Unions Express Deep Concern about FTA with Ecuador
On March 7, 2025 this letter was sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by the Canadian Labour...
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We support the protection of the Santurbán Páramo and the physical integrity and safety of the Committee for the Defense of Water and the Santurbán Páramo
[español abajo] On Monday, the Committee for the Defence of Water and Páramo of Santurbán,...
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Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement Threatens to Worsen Human Rights Abuses Facing Indigenous Nations and Communities
[español abajo] JOINT PRESS RELEASE – February 7, 2025 Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement...
Read MoreEcuador’s Free Trade Agreement with Canada is a Threat to Sovereignty and Indigenous Territories
Statement from the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) translated from its original Spanish. English translation by MiningWatch Canada and Common Frontiers. The Free Trade Agreement between Ecuador and...
Read MoreManifesto for Water and Life by the Committee for the Defense of Water and the Santurbán Paramo
The following was translated into English by MiningWatch Canada and Common Frontiers. The original in Spanish is here. Once again, we mobilize massively like rivers of life through the streets of Bucaramanga, demanding the full...
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Panama: 121 International Organizations Call on Canada to Withdraw All Support for First Quantum Minerals
More than 100 Panamanian and international organizations and coalitions have submitted an open...
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Report: The Corporate Assault on Honduras
Investor-state dispute settlements filed or threatened to be filed by companies against...
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