Press Releases from Friends of the Earth - Canada (1 total)
Friends of the Earth calls on Canada’s Auditor General to investigate corrupti …
(Ottawa, June 14, 2006) On the eve of a federal government-led initiative to debate regulating the activities of Canadian mining companies abroad*, Friends of the Earth has formally petitioned the Auditor General to investigate a junior mining company’s activities in Ecuador’s endangered Cloud Forest.
“The Canadian government provides massive financial and diplomatic support to its mining companies, and Ascendant Copper’s activities (ACX) offer a clear example of how these companies are…
