Canada has taken an important first step towards a more strategic, intentional and mutually beneficial relationship with Africa. But it must provide more concrete plans for its implementation.
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Canada has a long history of human rights and environmental abuses abroad, especially in Latin America.
Mining nodules from the deep ocean seabed could provide the metals crucial for today’s EV batteries and renewable energy technology, but little is known about the harm it could cause.
A growing body of research suggests that investors care about human rights and consultation with Indigenous communities, and consider them important to the value of their investments.
Why a mining company’s quiet settlement of a slave labour case is big news.
Canada is playing a role in the life-and-death struggle for migrant justice in the United States – from our foreign economic policies to the actions of our mining companies and domestic asylum laws.
Despite a recent Tahoe Resources settlement and apology to Guatemalan protesters, Canadian companies can still get away with crimes committed abroad — even in the face of insurmountable evidence.
On the heels of the SNC-Lavalin controversy, the Liberals have once again yielded to industry pressure and weakened their commitment to corporate accountability for Canadian companies abroad.
Immigration turmoil in the U.S. means Canada must craft its own migration management plans – to help Central Americans fleeing misery in their homelands, some of it with Canadian involvement.
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