Respect people's rights over corporate rights! As Ecuadorians head into a November 16 referendum on constitutional protections, Canada must stop promoting investor protections that threaten human rights. shorturl.at/qdBM1 @miningwatch.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca @lughiotto.bsky.social

Corporate rights are being prioritized in the Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement. Read this brief on how these rights are promoted by Canadian mining companies and how they violate the Ecuadorian constitution. Another brilliant @lughiotto.bsky.social paper!

"Motivations of the current president are under particular scrutiny because his family...has significant investments in multiple mining operations at a time Canada and the South American country are moving to finalize a Free Trade Agreement."

The Canada-Ecuador FTA which was negotiated largely behind closed doors will open the flood gates to more Canadian mining in Ecuador, despite clear, wide-scale opposition and deep concern for the negative impacts on water and the environment by the Canadian companies already operating there.

Incredible show of resistance and clear demands for Canadian mining company Dundee Precious Metals to respect a court-ordered suspension of its Loma Larga project and the TWO binding referendums that banned mining the area where it operates.

While families struggle, Carney cuts public services, tramples Indigenous rights, scapegoats migrants, flanks US militarization, arms Israel, and destroys the climate. Sept 20 we unite across all movements to #DrawTheLine. Find your action in 50+ cities: drawtheline.world

"A corrupt government gutted the public electricity utility and doled out shady contracts. Now the state faces multibillion-dollar lawsuits for attempting to reclaim control."

From NACLA’s Green Capitalism in the Americas, we look at foreign investment in solar energy in Honduras that led to persecution of communities starting under the narcodictatorship and now $1,6 billion in claims over modest reforms. @tandfresearch.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HFMVI...

It is clear that Canadian companies operating in Ecuador are rolling the dice hoping that no one is watching. Canada should not be fast-tracking a free trade agreement in Ecuador if it can't ensure Canadian companies play by the rules there.

Why does Canada keep prioritizing the rights of investors over the rights of Indigenous people - both in Canada and in Ecuador? Carney, if Canada is truly in a 'hinge moment,' then its time to hit reset on this Trudeau era trade deal now!