Press Releases
 | Below is a list of our press releases, listed in reverse chronological order. |
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Press Release - Wednesday, November 7, 2007
International Appeal for the Publication of the Final Report of the Ministerial Commission on the Review of Mining Contracts in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Press release - Monday, November 5, 2007
Letter to the OECD - ECA-Watch withdraws from consultations. This letter, press release and statement all express frustration with the consultation process at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and its Export Credit Group (ECG), to engage in substantive exchanges of views on issues raised by ECA-Watch (a watchdog group) over the years. Citing the growing and urgent credibility crisis with the Common Approaches, ECA-Watch announced that until country members are committed to a dialogue process that works, its members, including the Halifax Initiative, have elected to no longer engage in these annual meetings of the ECG with civil society.
Press Release - Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Plans by US, Canada and EU to finance massive copper mine in DRC disregard Congolese government review of mining deals
Press Release - Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Urgent Recommendation to World Bank and IMF Executive Directors on the Leadership Selection Reform at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund is backed by 170 signatures!
Press Release - Thursday, March 29, 2007
Groundbreaking Report on Mining, Oil and Gas Companies Released: Civil Society and Industry Representatives Agree on Good Overseas Practices
Press Release - Monday, March 26, 2007
Civil Society and Industry Representatives Agree on Good Overseas Practices - Groundbreaking Report on Canadian Mining, Oil and Gas Companies To Be Released
Press Release - Thursday, June 12, 2003
Canada refuses to take responsibility for large dam disasters by ignoring World Commission recommendations
Press Release - Monday, September 26, 2005
World Bank, International Monetary Fund write off some debts - Debt cancellation too late, for too few, but at last, not too little
Press Release - Tuesday, November 8, 2005
NGOs welcome changes to policies at Export Development Canada - Implementation still a concern.
Press Release - Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Ottawa - The government failed today to take action to end human rights and environmental abuses committed by Canadian mining companies abroad. In Mining in Developing Countries: Corporate Social Responsibility, released today, the government dismissed recommendations proposed by the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (SCFAIT) to adopt concrete regulatory measures. Instead, it continued to rely on voluntary codes of conduct.
Press Release - Thursday October 13, 2005
Prominent Canadians, in a letter to the Prime Minister today, called on the government to put a stop to human rights and environmental abuses by Canadian companies overseas.
Press Release - Thursday, September 22, 2005
New agreement for financing renewable technology a Trojan horse for environmental destruction, NGOs say September 7, 2005 Brussels, Belgium - A new agreement to finance renewable energy projects could be a Trojan horse that will lead to environmental destruction rather than environmental sustainability, warns a new NGO report. NGOs say the inclusion of large dams under the agreement is a betrayal of an otherwise positive effort to promote sustainable energy technologies like wind, solar, and geothermal.
Press Release - Thursday, August 22, 2005
"Leaked Review Slams World Bank over Canadian Mine" 22 August, 2005 - A leaked internal audit assessing the World Bank�s involvement in a controversial Canadian gold mine in Guatemala has exposed glaring deficiencies in the due diligence undertaken by the Bank prior to approving a $45 million loan for the mine.
Press Release - Wednesday, June 15, 2005
The Halifax Initiative Coalition and the MakePovertyHistory Campaign respond to the G8 Finance Ministers' proposal for Debt Cancellation announced in London on June 11, 2005.
Press Release - Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Commercial Confidentiality Needlessly Trumps Transparency at Crown Corp, Report Finds
Press Release - Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Letter to Trade Minister Peterson re EDC's Disclosure policy: This letter repeats a request asked of EDC one year ago, asking the Minister when the Crown Corporation will be reveleaing its new disclosure policy and consulting groups on this policy. As a result of the slow changes, EDC is failing to meet the demands of the Auditor General in its review of EDC, of the Treasury Board report on Crown Corps, and of internatoinal good practice. The letter makes some suggestions on how EDC might enhance current practice.
Press Release - Thursday, February 10, 2005
Halifax Initiative Joins the "Make Poverty History" Campaign. The Halifax Initiative Coalition and several of our members have joined the “Make Poverty History” campaign which was launched on February 10, 2005. www.makepovertyhistory.ca
Press Release - Wednesday, February 2, 2005
Coalition of Canadian CSOs Highlight the Weaknesses of Canadian Debt Proposal Ottawa, Febuary 2, 2005 – A coalition of Canadian civil society organizations criticized the Government of Canada’s proposal for debt relief noting it actually doesn’t cancel any debts and only starts to address the needs of the poorest countries.
Press Release - Monday, October 25, 2004
Report Card Flunks Crown Corp on Transparency
Press Release - Tuesday, October 5, 2004
Canadian civil society groups in the Halifax Initiative Coalition expressed disappointment with G-7 Finance Ministers for failing to show the political will to bridge differences and cancel the debts of the poorest countries, but highlight that 100% debt cancellation is now universally acknowledged to be necessary for the poorest countries.
