Together with the Canadian Network for Corporate Accountability (CNCA) and the Centre international de solidarité ouvrière (CISO), we published commentary in the Montreal Gazette on Canadian business ties to ICE and lessons from France's Duty of Vigilance law.
Above Ground's Georgina Alonso and MiningWatch Canada's Jamie Kneen argue in The Hill Times that the federal government's approach to critical minerals could be fueling climate chaos rather than curbing it.
In collaboration with the Canadian Network for Corporate Accountability (CNCA), Above Ground published an op-ed in The Globe and Mail asking why Canada has left the post of Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise vacant.
In this Policy Options op-ed, Kelly Roebuck and Georgina Alonso write about the urgent need for mandated corporate accountability. They argue that the federal government is failing to hold corporations accountable for human rights and environmental abuses, often relying instead on companies to act on mere expectations and encouragement.
The controversy regarding recent deportations in the U.S. has received wide coverage in Canada, including news that a detention centre dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” is now operating in a remote area of the Florida Everglades. Readers may be less aware of the Canadian connection to this infamous facility.
The global seafood industry is rife with worker abuse, and we need comprehensive measures to stop companies profiting from it, write Georgina Alonso of Above Ground and Bea Bruske of the Canadian Labour Congress in this Hill Times op-ed.
Under Bill C-262, Canadian oil and gas companies could be sued for failing to put in place adequate policies for fighting climate change, writes Shawn Katz, communications officer for Above Ground, in this National Observer op-ed.
Unacceptable working conditions are ubiquitous in many global fisheries, and Canada is falling behind other countries on taking action to end the abuse, write staff from Above Ground and the Centre international de solidarité ouvrière in this Toronto Star op-ed.
Climate change is a global human rights emergency of unprecedented proportions—and devastating consequences. Canada’s contribution to this crisis must be addressed. We must immediately end our bankrolling of fossil fuels.