Mining and resource extraction
- At the site of the Philippines' contested TVI Pacific mine, owned by a Canadian company. (Photo: KAIROS)
KAIROS is concerned about the growing pattern of Canadian resource extraction companies whose overseas activities are having a negative impact on the environment and human rights, including the rights of indigenous peoples. Canadian mining companies are operating worldwide and their presence is expanding—as is our government’s support for their operations. We’re focusing on several specific cases at the request of our partners, and we’re joining a cross-Canada effort calling on the Canadian government to hold the extractive industry legally accountable for its actions overseas and here in Canada.
On November 19, two KAIROS representatives will appear before the Parliamentary foreign affairs committee to express the churches’ support for Bill C-300, a groundbreaking private member’s bill on corporate accountability.
Here are some further useful resources on Canadian Resource Extraction and Human Rights:
- The Canadian Network for Corporate Accountability.
- KAIROS Policy Briefing Paper #11: Regulating Canadian Mining, Oil and Gas Companies Operating Internationally (May 2007) (PDF format)
- Roundtables on Extractive Industries: KAIROS submission 1 (Cerro de San Pedro)
- Roundtables on Extractive Industries: KAIROS submission 2 (Recommendations for the Canadian government)
- Roundtables on Extractive Industries: KAIROS submission 3 (Focus on Africa)
- A Submission by The United Church of Canada to the National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractives Sector in Developing Countries
- Third World Network statement on extractive industries, 2006
- For the love of our people and our community: Canadian mining and Cerro de San Pedro, Mexico (PDF format)
- The Real Cost of Mining in the Philippines (PDF format)
- In Debt to Water: Gold and Ghana (PDF format)
KAIROS RESOURCE EXTRACTION NEWS FEED
- Bill C-300: Letter of Support from KAIROS (Nov 17, 2009)
- Mining activist brutally murdered in El Salvador (Aug 6, 2009)
- Call to reinstate the legal statute of KAIROS Partner Acción Ecológica (Mar 12, 2009)
- Grave concern about the activities of Canadian mining company Metallica Resources Inc. in Mexico (Apr 28, 2006)
- Mexican community of Cerro de San Pedro under threat due to Canadian mining operation (Dec 15, 2005)
- Concerns regarding the Mexican operations of Metallica Resources Inc (Oct 21, 2005)
- Human rights and environmental impact of Canadian mining companies’ activities abroad (Sep 1, 2005)
- Concerns about Canadian mining around the world (Feb 28, 2005)
- The Need to Protect Indigenous Peoples from Large-scale Mining in the Philippines (PDF Format) (Feb 2, 2005)
- Killing of two protestors at an unauthorized mine in Guatemala (Jan 12, 2005)
- Concerns regarding the impact of mining on Guatelmalan communities (Nov 9, 2004)
KAIROS MEDIA RELEASES AND COMMENTARY ON RESOURCE EXTRACTION
- How Big is the BP Oil Slick? Bringing the Scale of the Disaster Home (Jun 14, 2010)
- Government Squanders Opportunity to Hold Extractive Companies to Account (Mar 26, 2009)
- “Dirty Waters” Advocacy Tour Demands Ottawa Adopt recommendations to End Canadian Mining Abuses (May 29, 2007)
- The Case of Cerro de San Pedro, Mexico (Jan 17, 2007)
- KAIROS Calls for Binding Legislation at Federal Roundtable in Calgary on Oil, Gas and Mining (Oct 10, 2006)
- Urgently needed: mining ethics (Oct 21, 2005)
- Mexican and Philippine towns bear brunt of destructive Canadian mining practices: federal government fails to respond (Oct 20, 2005)
- Mexican Community visited by KAIROS Delegation Celebrates Important Victory (May 6, 2005)
- Canadian church leaders witness the failures of NAFTA in Mexico (Mar 29, 2005)
