Projects

This page links to information concerning a number of projects on which we have worked, in solidarity with local communities. In some cases, the projects rely on World Bank funding. In others they involve Canadian companies that may be seeking, or have secured, financial support from Export Development Canada (EDC). Sometimes they involve both. Regardless of the source of funding, in all cases, communities have contacted us because they are concerned about the significant adverse environmental, social and human rights impacts of the projects.

We work to:

• Promote adherence by public international financial institutions supporting Canadian companies to internationally accepted standards regarding human rights, environment and development; cease all lending for environmentally and socially destructive projects; and use specific projects to highlight the existing unsustainable lending and reinforce the need for institutional reform.
• Support communities both locally and globally in their struggle against publicly-financed Canadian companies.