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Is Plan Nord really an economic development tool for Québec?

By Bertrand Schepper
| April 30, 2012

On May 9 2011, the Charest government presented its Plan Nord. Its objective is to revitalize the economy north of the 49th parallel. This plan relies on natural resource extraction to breathe new life into the entire province's economy. To do so, it invests in infrastructure at the different northern Québec resource extraction points to enable multinational mining corporations to access resources far from the big centres. At the moment, Québec's government announced investments ranging up to $2G in routes and infrastructure.

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Fracking and its impact on groundwater: Lessons from Alberta

Mar 21 2012 - 7:00pm
Mar 21 2012 - 9:00pm

Location

Telus Building, Room 134, University of Alberta
Corner of 111 Street and 87 Avenue
Edmonton, AB T6G 2M7
Canada
Phone: 780-430-0608
53° 31' 22.4904" N, 113° 31' 4.1988" W
See map: Google Maps

Presented by the Council of Canadians Edmonton Chapter, co-sponsored by the Parkland Institute.

Contact email: 
mmarsh@canadians.org
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The Institut du Nouveau Monde and Minalliance: A disingenuous alliance

There are times when credulousness becomes guilty and there are times where false pretense loses its ability to convince. The collaboration announced between the Institut de nouveau monde (INM) and Minalliance, to organize public "conversations" about the future of mining in Québec, is clearly one of these times.

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Quebec's Plan Nord a development on par with Alberta tar sands

November 24, 2011
| Large mining corporations from Canada, Europe and China are eager to become involved in a plan to extract resources from an area of Quebec that encompasses three-quarters of the province's landmass.

13:10 minutes (12.06 MB)
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Canadian mining companies in Africa

November 9, 2011
| The African continent contains a tremendous wealth of minerals, yet the profits from those resources are not flowing to the countries where they are found.

14:26 minutes (13.23 MB)
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Canada's challenges in natural resource development

Natural resources are increasingly central to Canada's economic trajectory. Our challenge is to maximize the positive spinoffs from resource developments, while minimizing the economic and environmental costs. In that regard, imagine two extreme cases: one in which resource projects generate diversified and lasting benefits, and one in which they do not.

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Canada
43° 40' 12.8388" N, 79° 23' 12.318" W
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Mining (in)justice at home and abroad is a conference on the Canadian mining industry (including Tar Sands) set to take place in Toronto.  It wil feature leaders in movements against Canadian mining companies both within and outside of Canada and provide space for growing our own movements in alliance with communites impacted by this industry.

This is a follow-up conference to last year's mining conference, which brought
over 20 front line defenders to share their stories and strategize solutions to
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Contact email: 
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