Press Release - Thursday, November 23, 2000
MEDIA RELEASE
The Export Development Corporation support for dams
criticized in new report by World Commission Report on Dams
Coalition demands EDC place a moratorium on dam-building
Communities and Government Officials Redraw Borders that Barrick Seeks to Dissolve
Statement by the Halifax Initiative, the Latin American Observatory of Environmental Conflicts and MiningWatch Canada concerning Barrick Gold's disasterous second quarter results and its 'star' project, Pascua Lama.
Press Responses: September 19, 2007
Stop 'rogue' Canadian mining operations abroad, MP urges
Mike De Souza
CanWest News Service
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
OTTAWA - The federal government should immediately crack down on the unethical and destructive practices of Canadian mineral extraction companies that profit from weak laws and regulations in developing companies, NDP foreign affairs critic Alexa McDonough said Wednesday.
Reckless Lending - Volume II: How Canada's Export Development Corporation Puts People and the Environment and the Environment at Risk (May 2001)
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MP Letter to Canadian Minister and Chilean President Re: Alumysa - May 15, 2003
OTTAWA PLEASE QUOTE FILE # JW03-10488
May 15, 2003
Letter to EDC President Re compliance mechanism - December 9, 2004
December 9, 2004
Press Release - Thursday, November 15, 2001
Movement criticizes irresponsibility of IMF and World Bank
Activists Issue 4 Demands & Rebuttal to World Bank’s Defense
Press Release - Wednesday, July 10, 2002
For immediate release: July 10, 2002
CEE BANKWATCH HUNGARY * HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF KYRGYZSTAN * MINERAL POLICY CENTER * MININGWATCH CANADA
*** FATALITY AT TROUBLED KUMTOR GOLD MINE
*** Kyrgyz and International NGOs Renew Call for Independent Environmental/Safety Audit
*** Coalition to Assemble Audit Team
Press Responses : Thursday, September 23, 1999
Export credit agencies seek to improve environmental standards
Thursday, September 23, 1999
By The Canadian Press
OTTAWA (CP) -- Export credit agencies, which finance many of the world's biggest industrial projects, are trying to agree on stricter standards for environmental assessment. Officials from about 20 government-owned credit agencies, including Canada's Export Development Corp., met here Thursday to discuss the environment issue, while activists denounced the record to date.