When you talk about the violation of human rights, you must talk about Colombia. When you talk about the huge expansion of oil-palm plantations, you must talk about Colombia. Both issues go hand in hand in that country
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While Canada's Parliament weighs in on Bill C-300, and Blackfire Exploration reels over the shut down of their mine in Chiapas, Mexico -- another Canadian company, Cosigo Resources, finds itself implicated in a surge of recent murders in southeast Colombia.
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RADIO INTERVIEW – Canada denounced for complicitness in murdering of Colombian Indigenous (transcript below)
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Call/send letters urging government and MPs to oppose the ratificacion of Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement currently being debated in House of Commons. Instead, demand that the Canadian government pressure Colombian authorities to put an effective end to widespread paramilitary threats against trade union and social movement activists. While being on and off the order paper since September, Bill C-23 is now back on for Nov. 16.
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CASA - Colombia Action Solidarity Alliance, Building Solidarity with Colombian Social Movements - invite you to a Public Event on Colombia Criminalization of Political Activity and the Anti-terrorist Crusade Colombia: 7200 detained for political reasons Live Music and Poetry with Ruben Esguerra November 7, 2009 7 pm Centre for Social Justice 3rd Floor Boardroom 489 College (west of Bathurst St.
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To : Your MP Find here : http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/index.asp?Language=E Copy to : Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada HarpeS@parl.gc.ca Michael Ignatieff, Leader of the Liberal Party ignatm@parl.gc.ca Peter Julian, New Democrat spokesman on international trade Julian.P@parl.gc.ca Serge Cardin, Bloc Québécois spokesman on international trade
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"Land and Conflict : Resource Extraction, Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility: Canadian Companies in Colombia" looks at four case studies of Canadian extractive industry investment projects in Colombia, analyzing their associated potential human rights risks.
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I spent a good part of the other week watching the performances of Liberals and Conservatives in the Canadian House of Commons as they debated Bill C-23, implementing legislation of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA).
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THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN COLOMBIA : ACT NOW to STOP the CANADA COLOMBIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BEFORE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS by Amnesty International Canada Dear friends: Your action is needed immediately as legislation which could have a huge impact on human rights in Colombia is back before the House of Commons possibly as soon as this coming Tuesday. We have learned that Bill C-23 to implement the Canada Colombia Free Trade Agreement is at the top of the government's legislative agenda when Parliament resumes
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