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Brief article on The Ecuador-Canada Free Trade Agreement & the Upcoming Referendum in Ecuador on whether to rewrite the world’s only constitution that recognizes the Rights of Nature, with sharp comments from✍️
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Brief article on The Ecuador-Canada Free Trade Agreement & the Upcoming Referendum in Ecuador on whether to rewrite the world’s only constitution that recognizes the Rights of Nature, with sharp comments from✍️
@lughiotto.bsky.social -TNI
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The budget just repackaged existing priorities lists; we're still waiting for the next round of announcements of Projects of National Importance. Doug Ford has demanded that the federal regional assessment on the "Ring of Fire" area be canned, even though it explicitly excludes the road projects.
Will Canada abandon environmental assessment in the Ring of Fire?
Doug Ford wants Ottawa to ignore First Nations’ warnings that drinking water, treaty rights, and the land itself are on the line.
The latest from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/w...
#cdnpoli #Budget2025
Doug Ford wants Ottawa to ignore First Nations’ warnings that drinking water, treaty rights, and the land itself are on the line.
The latest from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/w...
#cdnpoli #Budget2025
Will Canada abandon environmental assessment in the Ring of Fire?
Doug Ford wants Ottawa to ignore First Nations’ warnings that drinking water, treaty rights, and the land itself are on the line
ricochet.media
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The budget just repackaged existing priorities lists; we're still waiting for the next round of announcements of Projects of National Importance. Doug Ford has demanded that the federal regional assessment on the "Ring of Fire" area be canned, even though it explicitly excludes the road projects.
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HOT OFF THE PRESS! The Hoodwinked Collaborative is proud to unveil a preview chapter from the forthcoming Fourth Edition of Hoodwinked in the Hothouse: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
HOT OFF THE PRESS! The Hoodwinked Collaborative is proud to unveil a preview chapter from the forthcoming Fourth Edition of Hoodwinked in the Hothouse: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
climatefalsesolutions.org/artificial-i...
climatefalsesolutions.org/artificial-i...
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Communiqué- Eau Secours, avec @miningwatch.bsky.social et la @coalitionqmm.bsky.social demande au gouvernement du Canada d’abroger un article de réglement absolument terrifiant qui permet la destruction de lacs afin que des minières y déversent leurs déchets.
eausecours.org/destruction-...
eausecours.org/destruction-...
Destruction de lacs pour y déverser des déchets miniers: le Canada doit mettre fin à cette horreur - Eau Secours
31 octobre 2025 Ottawa, le 31 octobre 2025 – Eau Secours, soutenu par MiningWatch Canada et la Coalition Québec Meilleure Mine, demande au gouvernement du Canada d’abroger un article absolument terrif...
eausecours.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Communiqué- Eau Secours, avec @miningwatch.bsky.social et la @coalitionqmm.bsky.social demande au gouvernement du Canada d’abroger un article de réglement absolument terrifiant qui permet la destruction de lacs afin que des minières y déversent leurs déchets.
eausecours.org/destruction-...
eausecours.org/destruction-...
We're hiring! Join our small but mighty team as Interim Latin American Program Coordinator!
Read more about the position and how to apply here: miningwatch.ca/blog/2025/11...
Read more about the position and how to apply here: miningwatch.ca/blog/2025/11...
November 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We're hiring! Join our small but mighty team as Interim Latin American Program Coordinator!
Read more about the position and how to apply here: miningwatch.ca/blog/2025/11...
Read more about the position and how to apply here: miningwatch.ca/blog/2025/11...
The Agrarian Representatives of the Ejido de Carrizalillo are denouncing Equinox Gold - the company has allegedly been involved in attempts to threaten and criminalize their resistance by falsely linking them to organized crime.
Read the full press release: miningwatch.ca/news/2025/11...
Read the full press release: miningwatch.ca/news/2025/11...
Unable to subject us to its wishes, Equinox seeks to criminalize our struggle | Mining Watch Canada
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November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Agrarian Representatives of the Ejido de Carrizalillo are denouncing Equinox Gold - the company has allegedly been involved in attempts to threaten and criminalize their resistance by falsely linking them to organized crime.
Read the full press release: miningwatch.ca/news/2025/11...
Read the full press release: miningwatch.ca/news/2025/11...
@jachalnosetoca.bsky.social Communities in Iglesias, Argentina, the occurrence of dead fish at the Cuesta del Viento Dam near Canada's Barrick Gold's Veladero mine
November 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
@jachalnosetoca.bsky.social Communities in Iglesias, Argentina, the occurrence of dead fish at the Cuesta del Viento Dam near Canada's Barrick Gold's Veladero mine
💧 Passe à l'action pour protéger les lacs et les rivières contre les déchets miniers !
Demandez aux ministres responsables d’arrêter cette pratique insensée dès maintenant, avant qu’il ne soit trop tard: eausecours.org/agir/arreton...
Demandez aux ministres responsables d’arrêter cette pratique insensée dès maintenant, avant qu’il ne soit trop tard: eausecours.org/agir/arreton...
Arrêtons la destruction des lacs et cours d'eau pour y enfouir des déchets miniers
La loi canadienne permet la destruction de lacs pour y déverser des déchets miniers, ça doit arrêter! Participez à notre action dès maintenant pour demander la fin de cette pratique.
eausecours.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
💧 Passe à l'action pour protéger les lacs et les rivières contre les déchets miniers !
Demandez aux ministres responsables d’arrêter cette pratique insensée dès maintenant, avant qu’il ne soit trop tard: eausecours.org/agir/arreton...
Demandez aux ministres responsables d’arrêter cette pratique insensée dès maintenant, avant qu’il ne soit trop tard: eausecours.org/agir/arreton...
Bravo à @eausecours.bsky.social d'avoir organisé cette action importante pour exiger la fin du sacrifice des lacs et rivières au profit des minières. Merci pour votre leadership important sur ce dossier!
November 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Bravo à @eausecours.bsky.social d'avoir organisé cette action importante pour exiger la fin du sacrifice des lacs et rivières au profit des minières. Merci pour votre leadership important sur ce dossier!
Great blog by Anna Baggio.
"While the Premier uses his bully pulpit and taxpayers’ dollars to promote Ring of Fire, there is an alternative. Grassroots leaders are showing us there is another way based on truth, humility and taking care of the Earth."
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"While the Premier uses his bully pulpit and taxpayers’ dollars to promote Ring of Fire, there is an alternative. Grassroots leaders are showing us there is another way based on truth, humility and taking care of the Earth."
wildlandsleague.org/wildlands-in...
Wildlands in Solidarity With Brave Leaders of Here We Stand | Wildlands League
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October 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Great blog by Anna Baggio.
"While the Premier uses his bully pulpit and taxpayers’ dollars to promote Ring of Fire, there is an alternative. Grassroots leaders are showing us there is another way based on truth, humility and taking care of the Earth."
wildlandsleague.org/wildlands-in...
"While the Premier uses his bully pulpit and taxpayers’ dollars to promote Ring of Fire, there is an alternative. Grassroots leaders are showing us there is another way based on truth, humility and taking care of the Earth."
wildlandsleague.org/wildlands-in...
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Canadians call for a strong and independent CORE to investigate Canadian corporate abuse abroad.
Instead, the government has left the position vacant. Signals suggest that the government may be planning to quietly close down the office.
👉 cnca-rcrce.ca/why-is-core-...
Instead, the government has left the position vacant. Signals suggest that the government may be planning to quietly close down the office.
👉 cnca-rcrce.ca/why-is-core-...
October 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Canadians call for a strong and independent CORE to investigate Canadian corporate abuse abroad.
Instead, the government has left the position vacant. Signals suggest that the government may be planning to quietly close down the office.
👉 cnca-rcrce.ca/why-is-core-...
Instead, the government has left the position vacant. Signals suggest that the government may be planning to quietly close down the office.
👉 cnca-rcrce.ca/why-is-core-...
"Over the past 18 months, the Canadian govt has negotiated an FTA with Ecuador, claiming the two countries share important values of respect for democracy/HR
Yet, during the same time, the HR situation in 🇪🇨 has deteriorated to unprecedented levels of militarization"
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Yet, during the same time, the HR situation in 🇪🇨 has deteriorated to unprecedented levels of militarization"
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
October 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"Over the past 18 months, the Canadian govt has negotiated an FTA with Ecuador, claiming the two countries share important values of respect for democracy/HR
Yet, during the same time, the HR situation in 🇪🇨 has deteriorated to unprecedented levels of militarization"
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Yet, during the same time, the HR situation in 🇪🇨 has deteriorated to unprecedented levels of militarization"
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Le 🇨🇦 est-il en train de fermer « premier organisme de surveillance des entreprises du genre » ? 👉 cnca-rcrce.ca/fr/2025/10/2...
Pourquoi le poste de l’Ombudsman canadien de la responsabilité des entreprises est-il toujours vacant? | CNCA - RCRCE
Pendant plus de dix ans, la société civile canadienne a demandé un bureau chargé d’enquêter sur les plaintes d’abus liés aux activités des entreprises canadiennes à l’étranger . En 2018, […]
cnca-rcrce.ca
October 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Le 🇨🇦 est-il en train de fermer « premier organisme de surveillance des entreprises du genre » ? 👉 cnca-rcrce.ca/fr/2025/10/2...
Is 🇨🇦 quietly closing down the @CORE_Ombuds? 👉 tinyurl.com/eve8hh2w
Why is the position of Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise vacant? | CNCA - RCRCE
For over a decade, Canadian civil society groups advocated for an office to investigate complaints of human rights abuses linked to the overseas activities of Canadian companies. In 2018, the […]
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October 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Is 🇨🇦 quietly closing down the @CORE_Ombuds? 👉 tinyurl.com/eve8hh2w
« Ce qu'on veut de la part du promoteur, c’est qu’il dévoile ses cartes, qu'on puisse étudier son étude d'impact. » remarque Rodrigue Turgeon, co-porte-parole de la Coalition Québec meilleure mine @coalitionqmm.bsky.social
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...
Thomas F. Gilman remplacé comme président de Métaux Torngat
Maryse Bélanger prend la tête du C. A. quelques jours après des révélations de Radio-Canada sur M. Gilman.
ici.radio-canada.ca
October 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
« Ce qu'on veut de la part du promoteur, c’est qu’il dévoile ses cartes, qu'on puisse étudier son étude d'impact. » remarque Rodrigue Turgeon, co-porte-parole de la Coalition Québec meilleure mine @coalitionqmm.bsky.social
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...
March for life and water in Penco, Chile!
Large community march against Canadian mining company Aclara Resources' Rare Earth Mining project $ARA.TO.
Penco is not for sale!
#FueraAclara
Large community march against Canadian mining company Aclara Resources' Rare Earth Mining project $ARA.TO.
Penco is not for sale!
#FueraAclara
October 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
March for life and water in Penco, Chile!
Large community march against Canadian mining company Aclara Resources' Rare Earth Mining project $ARA.TO.
Penco is not for sale!
#FueraAclara
Large community march against Canadian mining company Aclara Resources' Rare Earth Mining project $ARA.TO.
Penco is not for sale!
#FueraAclara
"The Vizcachitas project, owned by [Canadian] Los Andes Copper Ltd.,...has been presented by the company as a solution to help meet the demands of the global green energy transition."
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news.mongabay.com/2025/10/rese...
Researchers fear Chile copper project may threaten rare Andean cat population
Researchers are raising concerns about the creation of a large-scale open-pit copper-molybdenum mine in Chile’s Valparaíso region, which they say will destroy the habitat of the recently recorded popu...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"The Vizcachitas project, owned by [Canadian] Los Andes Copper Ltd.,...has been presented by the company as a solution to help meet the demands of the global green energy transition."
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/rese...
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/rese...
Les beaux discours « écoresponsables » et « d'intérêt national » s’effritent - un allié de Trump climato-sceptique est président du CA de Métaux Torngat.
Terres rares | Les masques tombent, le vernis éclate. Qui peut croire encore le discours et les fausses promesses « vertes » et « d’intérêt national » pour le Canada d’une minière dirigée par un climato-sceptique républicain proche du président américain qui cherche à s’accaparer ce minerai d’ici?
Un allié de Trump supervise un projet minier québécois
Les positions du président de Métaux Torngat, Thomas F. Gilman, sont dénoncées par des organismes environnementaux.
ici.radio-canada.ca
October 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Les beaux discours « écoresponsables » et « d'intérêt national » s’effritent - un allié de Trump climato-sceptique est président du CA de Métaux Torngat.
We are now up to 39 countries calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining!!
🚨Highlight from #UNGA: Antigua & Barbuda are the 39th nation to call for a moratorium on #DeepSeaMining.
Prime Minister Browne: "No one should mortgage the ocean floor to pay short-term bills."
Who will be the 40th to join this global movement and stand up for the ocean? #DefendTheDeep
Prime Minister Browne: "No one should mortgage the ocean floor to pay short-term bills."
Who will be the 40th to join this global movement and stand up for the ocean? #DefendTheDeep
October 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
We are now up to 39 countries calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining!!
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NEW: The Guatemalan Xinka People are defending their territory, water and health by demanding the closure of the toxic Escobal mine — but its Canada-based owner is ignoring them.
Show solidarity and send a message to Pan American Silver CEO Michael Steinmann now: act.earthworks.org/page/87881/p...
Show solidarity and send a message to Pan American Silver CEO Michael Steinmann now: act.earthworks.org/page/87881/p...
October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
NEW: The Guatemalan Xinka People are defending their territory, water and health by demanding the closure of the toxic Escobal mine — but its Canada-based owner is ignoring them.
Show solidarity and send a message to Pan American Silver CEO Michael Steinmann now: act.earthworks.org/page/87881/p...
Show solidarity and send a message to Pan American Silver CEO Michael Steinmann now: act.earthworks.org/page/87881/p...
☢️ “They won’t be able to isolate all the uranium on the mine site,” Turgeon said, adding this is just one of many concerns with the project.
Read the full article here: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/17/a...
Read the full article here: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/17/a...
Inside Canada’s race to build a rare earths supply chain
Canada is rich in rare earth elements, but has no operating mine. A few projects are in the works, but huge challenges lie ahead. It’s one thing to identify resources in the ground, but another to eco...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
☢️ “They won’t be able to isolate all the uranium on the mine site,” Turgeon said, adding this is just one of many concerns with the project.
Read the full article here: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/17/a...
Read the full article here: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/17/a...
Rejoignez-nous ce jeudi au Musée Shaputuan à Uashat!
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October 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Rejoignez-nous ce jeudi au Musée Shaputuan à Uashat!
Pour plus d'infos, visitez: bit.ly/7-iles-evene...
Pour plus d'infos, visitez: bit.ly/7-iles-evene...
Oooops...Prime Minister Carney began his term listening to energy and mining lobbyists, not environmental groups: thenarwhal.ca/carney-natur...
Carney welcomed industry lobby, ignored environmental groups: records | The Narwhal
Records show resource industry lobbyists had regular access to Prime Minister Mark Carney in his first 100 days, while environmental groups were shut out
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October 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Oooops...Prime Minister Carney began his term listening to energy and mining lobbyists, not environmental groups: thenarwhal.ca/carney-natur...
📅 Save the date! Nov 25 2025, 6-7:30pm!
To conclude our 25th anniversary fundraising campaign, and launch our legacy giving program, we’re hosting a webinar roundtable with frontline partners!
Stay tuned — full invite + registration link coming soon!
To conclude our 25th anniversary fundraising campaign, and launch our legacy giving program, we’re hosting a webinar roundtable with frontline partners!
Stay tuned — full invite + registration link coming soon!
October 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
📅 Save the date! Nov 25 2025, 6-7:30pm!
To conclude our 25th anniversary fundraising campaign, and launch our legacy giving program, we’re hosting a webinar roundtable with frontline partners!
Stay tuned — full invite + registration link coming soon!
To conclude our 25th anniversary fundraising campaign, and launch our legacy giving program, we’re hosting a webinar roundtable with frontline partners!
Stay tuned — full invite + registration link coming soon!
Excellent article, with excellent comments from Nikki Skuce.
“Our critical minerals strategy is full of so many holes,” Skuce said. “It’s just being used as a tool to push for more mining, whether it’s for gold to sit in the basement of a bank or a rare earth element to be used in an F-35.”
“Our critical minerals strategy is full of so many holes,” Skuce said. “It’s just being used as a tool to push for more mining, whether it’s for gold to sit in the basement of a bank or a rare earth element to be used in an F-35.”
The Trump administration recently bought stakes in two Vancouver mining companies and has shown interest in a project north of Prince George.
How the materials would be used is unclear — but it’s unlikely to be green energy.
My latest for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
How the materials would be used is unclear — but it’s unlikely to be green energy.
My latest for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Why Is the US War Department Buying into a BC Mining Company? | The Tyee
Global instability is creating a rush for critical minerals, which are useful for green energy. And the military.
thetyee.ca
October 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Excellent article, with excellent comments from Nikki Skuce.
“Our critical minerals strategy is full of so many holes,” Skuce said. “It’s just being used as a tool to push for more mining, whether it’s for gold to sit in the basement of a bank or a rare earth element to be used in an F-35.”
“Our critical minerals strategy is full of so many holes,” Skuce said. “It’s just being used as a tool to push for more mining, whether it’s for gold to sit in the basement of a bank or a rare earth element to be used in an F-35.”