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Entries for September 2022

WCS Canada comments on Canada's Critical Minerals Strategy, to Natural Resources Canada

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WCS Canada comments on Canada's Critical Minerals Strategy, to Natural Resources Canada
(September 23, 2022) By Justina Ray, President and Senior Scientist at WCS Canada The federal government’s draft Critical Minerals Strategy is structured around colonial ‘new frontiers’ mindset that leads to a focus on expediting extraction instead of understanding the real consequences of opening up some of the world’s last remaining ecologically intact areas and carbon-rich stores to industrial development. Map from Canada’s critical minerals strategy: Discussion paper Ou...

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