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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

You'd Have Thought Canada Would Have Learned Something About Indigenous Peoples And Human Rights

In creating this new law, the Honduran government has bent over backwards to meet the needs of Canadian and other mining companies, but has carried out almost no consultations with Honduran civil society and community organizations. A recent survey shows that the majority of Hondurans reject open-pit mining and associate it with harmful affects to the environment and human health. These communities are now asking that the process to approve the proposed mining law be slowed down and their legitimate concerns be taken into account.
http://www.firstperspective.ca/news/640-youd-have-thought-canada-would-have-learned-something-about-indigenous-peoples-and-human-rights

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