Cosying up to mining industry

Jennifer Moore of Mining Watch Canada, which has been critical of Canadian operations abroad and the conflicts they engender (according to Peru’s Ombudsman’s office, there were 120 active conflicts in the country in February, 70 per cent of which were related to mining), said this matchmaking is emblematic of how NGOs are being asked to “cozy up” with the mining companies.
“This is one of the worst and most blatant examples we have of how NGOs are being encouraged to get into bed with the mining industry,” said Moore, Latin America Program Coordinator for Mining Watch Canada. “Both the Canadian mining industry and Canadian government are really pressuring NGOs to cozy up to industry as part of a strategy to bolster their public relations in the face of growing opposition and conflict over their operations,” Moore said, “and to further detract from what we really need, which are mandatory mechanisms to hold companies to account for the abuses that are taking place.”
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Cosying+mining+industry/8770858/story.html