Canada must help Colombia crack down on illicit gold trade

Canada should pass legislation requiring that all companies do due diligence when importing minerals from conflict-ridden areas.
A man pans for gold in Chiquitania, Bolivia. Mining activity spans everything from artisanal to large-scale industrial operations. Canadian companies are involved in about 50 to 70 per cent of mining activity in Latin America.
In the last decade, there has been a strong push by non-governmental organizations and civil society groups in Canada and abroad asking Canadian policy-makers to make Canadian businesses, particularly mining companies, accountable at the national and international level for human rights and environm...

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