Click here for pdfTo mark the 21st Congress of the International Commission on Large Dams in Montreal (June 16) and the completion of the second stage of submergence of the Three Gorges Dam in China, the Halifax Initiative released a report looking at why Canada, despite helping to finance the World Commission on Dams, has failed to follow other governments' lead in following up on its recommendations, and has instead continued to finance projects at home and abroad that ignore communities' rights and devastate environments. The report calls on Canada to initiate a process to follow up on the recommendations of the Commission, and urges EDC and CIDA to place a moratorium on financing dam-related projects. Read a review of the report in World Rivers Review Vol. 18, #4, the newsletter of International Rivers Network.