Mandatory NOT Voluntary

Human rights and environmental standards for Canadian mining and energy companies operating abroad needed NOW

For Immediate Release

IMF, World Bank control damaging Guyana programmes
Guyana Chronicle

NGOs welcome changes to policies at Export Development Canada - Implementation still a concern

Government fails to take action: Human rights and environmental abuses abroad go unchecked

Prominent Canadians, in a letter to the Prime Minister today, called on the government to put a stop to human

World Bank, International Monetary Fund write off some debts

New agreement for financing renewable technology a Trojan horse for environmental destruction, NGOs say

Leaked Review Slams World Bank over Canadian Mine

August 22, 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.

Glamis Gold's Marlin mine in the Western Highlands of Guatemala has been plagued with controversy since the outset. In March, the Compliance Advisory Ombudsman (CAO), the internal auditor for the Bank's private sector lending arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), began an investigation after receiving local complaints about the mine.

G8 Debt Cancellation a Major Step - But G8 Leaders Still Have a Lot of Unfinished Business