| International experts on the disastrous
impacts of Canadian mining companies in the Global South will
be in Montreal on Monday, November 13.
World wide, Canadian mining companies are implicated in numerous
human and environmental abuses including: toxic dumping, the
destruction of protected areas, forced displacement of indigenous
peoples, and death threats. It’s not just a matter of
a few isolated cases - industry promises to self-regulate
can no longer be entertained.
The international experts will be in Montreal next week to participate in the government-led Montreal Roundtable. This roundtable, the last of four national roundtables, is part of a process initiated by the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade in June 2005 to put an end to abuses in the mining sector. The roundtables are closed to the media and the press conference is the opportunity to hear from the Southern experts.
A public symposium, “Extractive Industries? Destructive Industries?” will also be held on Monday, November 13 in UQAM’s Amphitheatre SH-2800 (200 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal). The Montreal Coalition on Mines and the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability will be on hand to give civil society’s perspective on mining in the affected communities and to call on Canada to live up to its international obligations.
Press Conference:
Regulating the Activities of Canadian Mining Companies
Who?
- José De Echave, CooperAcción, Peru
- Thomas Akabzaa, Coordinator, Africa Initiative on Mining, Environment and Society, Ghana
- Jacques Saramin Boengkih, Director, Agence Kanak de développement, New Caledonia
When?
Monday, November 13, 2006 at 12:45
Where?
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Amphitheatre SH-2800
200 Sherbrooke Street West
For policy positions and other information concerning the operations of Canadian companies overseas, visit:
Development and Peace is the official international development organization of the Catholic Church in Canada and the Canadian member of Caritas Internationalis, a network of 162 autonomous, Catholic, emergency relief, development and social service organizations working in 200 countries and territories.
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