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Host Andrew Chang: "[T]here’s very little, if anything, offered in the American plan, here that constructively helps solve the problem of forced labour. There’s no forced labour task force. No benchmarks. No best practices. No eagerness to engage the wider community on a multilateral level."
Lisez la déclaration d’Above Ground concernant les conclusions du Représentant américain au commerce (U.S. Trade Representative) sur le Canada et le travail forcé: aboveground.ngo/fr/declarati...
🇨🇦's 'shock doctrine': "flood the zone and make it all about Mr. Trump. Then, in the chaos and the flag waving, quietly dismantle the legal architecture that generations of environmentalists, Indigenous leaders, scientists, advocates & ordinary citizens spent decades building." tinyurl.com/4kja6r5n
Comme nous l'expliquons dans notre lettre d'opinion publiée dans Pivot, les initiatives liées à l'IA et au secteur militaire pourraient prendre le pas sur les énergies renouvelables dans la stratégie sur les minéraux critiques.
À lire ici : pivot.quebec/2026/06/03/l...
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Read Above Ground's statement on the U.S. Trade Representative's findings on Canada and forced labour: aboveground.ngo/statement-fr...
Excellent explainer by CBC/Radio-Canada's Front Burner on the U.S. plan to impose tariffs on countries with forced labour in their supply chains. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
"As the Canadian government considers the future of the office, Leoncia Ramos in the Dominican Republic said she would like decision-makers to understand that communities like hers, impacted by Canadian development, need avenues for accountability.”
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Des experts de la société civile, soutenus par plus de 120 organisations de partout au Canada et des députés de trois partis, ont élevé leur voix aujourd’hui pour dénoncer les projets risqués du gouvernement fédéral misant sur un nouveau pipeline reliant l’Alberta et la côte ouest.
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In a cross-country & cross-partisan show of solidarity today on Parliament Hill, civil society experts, backed by 120+ organizations from coast to coast, called out the federal government’s reckless plans to support a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast.
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Leoncia Ramos has lived her 65 years in the lush Dominican Republic town of La Piñita, but now says she is fearful for her health and wants to leave. She’s among 450 families asking the government and...
Territoires non cédés de la Nation algonquine Anishinaabe , 9 juin 2026 :
Manifestant une solidarité nationale et transpartisane aujourd’hui sur la Colline du Parlement, des experts de la société civ...
Unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin Territories , 9 June 2026:
In a cross-country and cross-partisan show of solidarity today on Parliament Hill, civil society experts, backed by more than 120 organization...
