The Common Sense Canadian: Canada backs foreign investor rights to shield mining industry: Book

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria during a bi-lateral meeting in Paris (OECD/Flickr CC Licence) Canada’s controversial mining sector may be the driving force behind the country’s insistence on protecting foreign investors’ rights over laws that guard its own citizens and environmental values. Prime Minister Justin

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The Common Sense Canadian: After Mount Polley, Alaska Senator doesn’t trust BC’s environmental reviews for mines

US Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) The following is an open letter from Alaskan US Senator Lisa Murkowski to Secretary of State John Kerry. Dear Secretary Kerry, I am writing to reiterate my concerns about large-scale mining in British Columbia, which has the potential to adversely affect downstream fisheries and communities in

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