Canada Gets Cuddly with Mining Companies
Unconditional love for extractive industry costs taxpayers, say C-300 supporters HALIFAX—Despite the death of Bill C-300, which would have introduced accountability for Canadian mining, oil or gas...
View ArticleThe Other Drug Trade
New bill could make cheap HIV meds easier to access HALIFAX—On March 9, Members of Parliament will have a very simple choice to make, according to Richard Elliott, executive director of the Canadian...
View ArticleJewish National Fund Challenged for Complicity in Ethnic Cleansing
Canadian, Israeli activists push to remove organization's charitable status JERUSALEM—Israeli, Palestinian and international protestors gathered in Tel Aviv and Ramallah in late February to denounce...
View ArticleNgobe Protest Prevails
Indigenous Panamanians rise up against Canadian mining interests PANAMA CITY—Massive Indigenous mobilization in Panama recently brought down a contentious law that made it easier for multinational...
View ArticleREDD Light!
Indigenous say offset plan threatens traditional title SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, MEXICO—The carbon market was the hottest issue at last year’s Conference of the Parties (COP)-16 summit in Cancun....
View ArticleShowdown in Peru
Indigenous communities kick out Canadian mining company BURLINGTON, VT—Earlier this spring, an anti-mining Indigenous movement in Peru successfully ousted a Canadian mining company from their...
View ArticleThe Changing Face of Oil Extraction
Shale oil and gas plays in Israel/Palestine, Jordan and Morocco You may have heard of "Dirty Oil", "Ethical Oil", "Bloody Oil" or even "Conflict Oil"-- but have you heard of "Apartheid Oil"? This is...
View ArticleApartheid Oil
Crude oil trapped in shale could transform Israel into energy powerhouse JERUSALEM—Major offshore gas strikes in 2009 and 2010 may soon convert Israel into a gas exporting country with self-sufficient...
View ArticleOil in the Desert
Will water be sacrificed to oil in Jordan? AMMAN, Jordan—In March of 2011, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan jumped headlong into unconventional oil extraction, and signed a deal with Karak...
View ArticleForeign Aid to Mining Firms
CIDA teams up with NGOs to do development work at mine sites MONTREAL—As excavators, heavy haulers and chemical treatment plants dig made-in-Canada mines around the world, Ottawa has taken new steps...
View ArticleExtreme Extraction
Oil production plans could reshape Morocco's economy and environment RABAT, MOROCCO—Many well-known voices trying to address the global climate crisis have posited that less-developed countries—those...
View ArticleOil Rich Gulf Co-operation Council Grows
Extreme extraction could prove to be the meaning of GCC membership for Morocco and Jordan AMMAN, Jordan—The Arab Spring sent shockwaves through the regimes of the Middle East and North Africa, and in...
View ArticleExpress Coup Rattles Paraguay
Transnational corporations including Canada's Rio Tinto Alcan undeterred by political turmoil TORONTO—A coup snuck up on South America last month, taking people around the world by surprise. The June...
View ArticleHemispheric Resistance to Canadian Mining
Day of Action organizers speak out about repression, connections, solidarity VANCOUVER—From Canada to Argentina, preparations are well underway for the Continental Day of Action Against Canadian Mega...
View ArticleWar is Peace
Francophonie summit exposes Canada's hypocrisy towards the Congo MONTREAL—Comforted by the contradictions befitting classic Orwellian “doublespeak,” Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper attended the...
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