Join MiningWatch Canada, Oceans North and other Canadian organizations in calling for a moratorium on deep seabed mining in international waters. Sign the parliamentary petition we have co-sponsored. Canadian mining companies are on the forefront of efforts to extend mining and its harmful impacts into the world’s oceans. The Canadian government has been missing in action in international negotiations about...

Drawn from an original open letter publication in July 2021 by Ugo Lapointe & Donna Ashamock Canada’s Material Footprint According to the OECD’s latest review , Canada ranks worst of all G7 countries in mineral efficiency, recycling and circular economy. It remains amongst the most material-intensive economies in the world . The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates Canada’s domestic yearly...