CTV Power Play Interview on Bill C-300
Interview with Karyn Keenan, Halifax Initiative Program Officer and Gordon Peeling, President of the Mining Associati
Open Letter to Mr. Wolfensohn Re: Chad/Cameroon Oil & Pipeline Project - July 9, 1998
Open Letter to Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, from 86 NGOs in 28 Countries Concerning the Chad/Cameroon Oil & Pipeline Project
July 9, 1998
James D. Wolfensohn, President
The World Bank
1818 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20433 Dear Mr. Wolfensohn, The 86 undersigned environment, development, human rights and religious organizations from 28 countries call upon you to suspend World Bank participation in the Chad/Cameroon Oil & Pipeline project until respect for human rights and compliance with World Bank environmental and other policies can be fully guaranteed.We are writing to draw your attention to the especially troublesome situation, including the severe violation of human rights, in southern Chad and to the inadequacy of the environmental impact assessment and environmental management plan for the project submitted to the Bank by Exxon.
EDC Compliance Officer (2) Re: Cernavoda - August 25, 2003
August 25, 2003
Letter to EDC President Re: CSR and the DRC - June 8, 2007
Mr. Eric Siegel
President and Chief Executive Officer
Export Development Canada
151 O’Connor St.
Ottawa, ON
K1A 1K3
June 8, 2007
Re: EDC workshop on socially responsible mining practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Dear Mr. Siegel,
We would like to thank Export Development Canada for including the Halifax Initiative Coalition and Entraide missionnaire in its recent multi-stakeholder workshop on “how to best support the mining industry in the DRC.” We were pleased to participate in this important discussion with representatives of the Canadian mining industry, Canadian government, consultants, international financial institutions and EDC, among others.
Press Release - Monday, November 10, 2003
European protests mount around Canadian gold-mine
Ottawa - Monday, November 10th, 2003, Today, in major cities across Europe, hundreds of people gathered outside Canadian embassies to protest Canadian Gabriel Resources proposed open cast gold mine in Rosia Montana, Romania.
The demonstrations took place in Budapest, Amsterdam, Vienna, Bratislava and Prague. In Bucharest, the protestors demanded that the Canadian Ambassador visit the site in the Apuseni Mountains to see the project's impacts for himself.
Press Responses : Tuesday, May 15, 2001
Group wants Crown-owned bank to follow environmental act when dealing loans
STEPHEN THORNE
Tuesday, May 15, 2001
OTTAWA (CP) - A coalition of non-governmental organizations wants Ottawa to force the federally owned Export Development Corp. to apply the Environmental Assessment Act when deciding to fund foreign projects.
Editorial (Montreal Gazette): November 17, 2006
Canadian mining companies must respect human rights
Moving Beyond Voluntarism - Canada, Mining and CSR - November 21, 2005
Click here for pdf of "Moving Beyond Voluntarism,"
Letter to the Prime Minister Re: Cernavoda 2 - March 5, 2002
March 5th, 2002
The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien
Prime Minister
Government of Canada
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1A 0A2
(613) 941-6900
Subject: Cernavoda 2 Nuclear Power Plant project in Romania, EDC export credit approval
Dear Prime Minister Chrétien,
We are writing you to express our deep concern about the possibility that Export Development Canada (EDC) will approve $390 million ($250 million US) in financing for the completion of the second CANDU reactor of the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant (C2) in Romania.
World Bank considers project in violation of WB policies Re: Environmental Impact Assessment
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline project is likely to go to the World Bank Board of Directors on October 30, 2003. A review of the Environmental Impact Assessment shows it in violation of almost all of World Bank policies.
Letter to Marcel Masse, Canadian Executive Director of the World Bank Group