‘Canada, come get your people’: Namibian communities reported abuses to the human rights watchdog Canada built. Two years later, the complaint is still unanswered and the office is gone.
by Rob Parker
"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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Tonight! Celebrate and stand in solidarity with over fifteen years of the Xinka People’s peaceful resistance to the Canadian-owned Escobal Mine.
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In their rush to remove any remedy for victims of abuses by Canadian mining companies overseas, the corrupt Liberal Party left at least 36 cases, including ours about ReconAfrica in Namibia, in perman...
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...
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We found out that Mark Carney closed the office from the CBC.
We strongly denounce the Government of Canada's decision to eliminate the office of the CORE. We are disturbed to learn the government made this decision “months ago" and callously never informed the workers and communities who put their trust in the office.
cnca-rcrce.ca/2026/06/12/c...
The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise has been vacant for over a year. Communities in the Dominican Republic, Namibia, Pakistan and elsewhere say delays have left them without a meaningful avenue for accountability. @mongabay.com
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Nous dénonçons la décision du gouvernement fédéral d’abolir le Bureau de l’OCRE. Le gouvernement a pris cette décision « il y a plusieurs mois », mais n’en a jamais informé les plaignants. C’est honteux.
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✊ Join us for an upcoming webinar to celebrate and stand in solidarity with over fifteen years of the Xinka People’s peaceful resistance to Pan American Silver’s Escobal mine!
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PM Mark Carney eliminates watchdog meant to investigate human rights abuses by Canadian extractive companies working abroad
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
Above Ground
Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability - RCRCE
Halifax Examiner
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...
Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability - RCRCE
Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability - RCRCE
Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability - RCRCE
In 2024, Canadian companies were present in 95 foreign countries, largely out of sight and out of mind for most Canadians. If Canadians could see some of those mines and the poverty, pollution and mis...
An international group of 60 civil society organizations released a letter today calling on the Panamanian government to permanently close the Canadian-owned Cobre Panamá Mine as President Mulino Considers Next Steps
Read the full letter: miningwatch.ca/news/2026/6/...
MiningWatch Canada
MiningWatch Canada
cnca-rcrce.ca
Le Réseau canadien pour la reddition de compte des entreprises (RCRCE) dénonce la récente décision du gouvernement du Canada d’éliminer le Bureau de l’Ombudsman canadien de la responsabilité des entre...
June 12, 2026 — The Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) strongly denounces the Government of Canada’s recent decision to eliminate the Office of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsib...
We strongly denounce the Government of Canada's decision to eliminate the office of the CORE. We are disturbed to learn the government made this decision “months ago" and callously never informed the workers and communities who put their trust in the office.
cnca-rcrce.ca/2026/06/12/c...
June 12, 2026 — The Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) strongly denounces the Government of Canada’s recent decision to eliminate the Office of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsib...
