Read Above Ground's statement on the U.S. Trade Representative's determination that Canada is not adequately enforcing its forced labour import ban and the proposed 10% tariff on Canadian goods.

In early 2026, Above Ground and MiningWatch Canada co-organized a series called Interrogating “critical minerals.” The series featured two webinars and a hybrid civil society discussion, and aimed to unpack numerous human rights and environmental issues related to the growing global emphasis on critical minerals.

On January 27, 2026, Above Ground and MiningWatch Canada co-hosted the second event in our Interrogating “critical minerals” event series. Four speakers, representing government and civil society, shared detailed insights and offered diverse perspectives and critiques of Canada’s strategy on critical minerals.

On January 13, 2026, Above Ground and MiningWatch Canada co-hosted the first event in our Interrogating “critical minerals” event series. This webinar brought together five Indigenous speakers from around the world to discuss global, regional and local struggles for justice related to the global push for critical minerals extraction.

Above Ground commissioned Goldblatt Partners to provide a legal opinion of private member’s bill C-251. The bill proposes legislative amendments that could significantly strengthen enforcement of Canada’s import ban on goods produced by forced labour.

Above Ground and MiningWatch Canada are co-organizing an event series unpacking various issues surrounding so-called “critical minerals”.

A new advance edited report from the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, argues that corporations have created an enabling environment for Israel’s illegal occupation, apartheid and genocide in Palestine.

Pressure from the U.S. has played a crucial role in shaping the federal government’s response to forced labour in Canada’s global supply chains. With the U.S. seemingly shifting away from tackling forced labour, Canada should step up and finally put an end to its forced labour imports.

Above Ground wrote to all parties registered for the 2025 federal election to ask whether they: “commit to strengthening Canada’s forced labour import ban and ensuring that Canada does not become a dumping ground for goods produced with forced labour.”