Mined Your Own Business: Promoting Responsible Governance of Canadian Mining Companies Operating Abroad

By Peter Jiang Edited by Tashyana Davidson and Madeleine Whitestone The mining industry is a critical component of Canada’s GDP, contributing about 5 per cent to its overall 2 trillion-dollar economy. Though Canada itself is intensely resource rich in critical minerals, half of the 1,423 Canadian mining and exploration companies own mining assets abroad with…

Unleashing the Ring of Fire

Connor Colvin Politicians have described the Ring of Fire as a “game changer”, a “multi-generational economic opportunity” and “the most promising mining opportunity Canada has seen in a century.” In fact, a recent report by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) corroborates these optimistic claims and has described it as an “unparalleled opportunity for Ontario…