“The biggest and worst mining operations in the world are Canadian. And do Canadian mining companies ever have a friend in Stephen Harper, who refuses to put any leash whatsoever on their practices.” – Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians, ‘Shout Out Against Mining Injustice’, Vancouver, June 1, 2012
Photo: A banner in Cerro de San Pedro, Mexico where Canadian-owned New Gold Inc. (which has offices in Toronto and Vancouver) operates a destructive gold and silver mine. More on Cerro de San Pedro in this blog by Mexico City-based Blue Planet Project organizer Claudia Campero Arena at http://canadians.org/blog/?p=16749. Photo by Brent Patterson, December 2011.
