"Time and again, we bear witness to the devastation caused by unjust systems that uphold impunity and privilege the profits of transnational corporations over the rights of people."

📢The UN Human Rights Committee has called out Canada’s arms export regime, urging the government to “prevent, address, and mitigate” the human rights impact of its arms transfers and exports, in its Concluding Observations on the review of Canada’s 7th periodic report.

People harmed by Canadian companies should be able to seek remedy in Canadian courts. “This ruling sends the wrong signal to Canadian companies that they are shielded from being held to account in Canada for harm they may have caused overseas."

The PM says Canada takes forced labour "incredibly seriously" yet: 🇨🇦 doesn't enforce its forced labour import ban 🇨🇦 doesn't enforce its forced labour reporting obligation on companies 🇨🇦 has left the post of Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise vacant for a year tinyurl.com/nhb9u569

PM Carney says Canada is "amongst the most rigorous, if not the most rigorous" at addressing forced labour and child labour in supply chains. That is simply not true. As more and more countries are taking action against corporate human rights abuses, Canada lags behind. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

📢 Call to Action: Tell the Government of Canada to respect the Xinka people's right to self-determination! A House of Commons e-petition in support of the Xinka people's demands for the closure of the Canadian-owned Escobal mine is now live! Sign the petition: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

This is the first we've heard, since the review of the CORE began in 2024, that the government is planning on keeping the office. While this is positive, we need action promptly for a functioning and effective office.

The UN Human Rights Committee "underscores its concern about allegations of human rights abuses and environmental harm linked to companies domiciled in Canada or operating under its jurisdiction". UNHRC recommends Canada empower the CORE & adopt a due diligence law. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

🌏 A decade on: We demand nothing less than full justice for beloved environmental defender, Berta Cáceres.   The rivers, the mountains and the forests she defended continue to speak.  Ten years after she was murdered, the people and the Earth also demand #JusticeForBerta

Responsible business conduct "belongs squarely at the centre" of Canada’s emerging new economic framework, argue former MP and the previous Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise. “Yet, progress on the business and human rights file has slowed.” www.hilltimes.com/2026/03/12/t...

Multiple Canadian companies are named in this important report on corporate abuse of migrant workers. "Violations are rooted in racial and patriarchal power structures that exacerbate global inequality": Global North multinationals profit at the expense of the world’s most marginalized workers.

CNCA joins 77 organizations calling on the Canadian Embassy in Ecuador to prioritize human rights over corporate interests. “These Canadian mining companies have divided our community, subjected us to legal harassment, persecuted us, and fractured our families and leaders," says Lizardo Zhagüi.

Are Canadian Companies Behind Moves to Gut Argentina's Glacier Protection Law? Civil society and mining-affected communities are urging their legislators to protect water over mining interests. New blog here: shorturl.at/2FAcR 🧵

We stand in solidarity with the water and land defenders being criminalized in Las Naves, Ecuador, by Canadian mining companies #VoicesAtRisk miningwatch.ca/blog/2026/2/...

For over a year, the office of the ombudsperson for responsible enterprise has been vacant, leaving complainants and communities in the dark. #canpoli rabble.ca/politics/can...

Canada has left the position of Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise vacant since May 2025, and has failed to give the office long-promised teeth. This important new report from Lital Khaikin @rabble.ca looks at the harm caused by Canada's failure to act. rabble.ca/politics/can...

‼️Urgent‼️ 📣 Take action now: Email your MP and the key members of the Standing Committee on Finance today. Urge them to remove Part 5, Division 5 from Bill C-15. Make your voice heard before it’s too late - they vote Monday! ecojustice.ca/take-action/... #BillC-15

Et si le gouvernement pouvait décider quand la loi s’applique… et à qui? Vous trouvez cela inquiétant? Nous vous proposons d’écrire au gouvernement, ainsi qu'à votre député-e fédéral-e pour exiger le retrait immédiat des dispositions problématiques du projet de loi C-15. #C15 #polcan

CCLA, Ecojustice, and the Quebec Center for Environmental Law, joined by more than 100 legal and civil society leaders, are warning that Bill C-15 would give federal ministers sweeping powers to exempt anyone from federal laws and regulations. Read more here. ccla.org/fundamental-...

Le gouvernement fédéral propose d’accorder à ces ministres le pouvoir d’exempter les entreprises des lois canadiennes. Le RCRCE se joint à plus de 100 organisations et expert·es pour exhorter les député·es à retirer ces pouvoirs d’exemption dangereux et antidémocratiques. cqde.org/news/cqde-re...

The federal government is proposing to give its ministers the power to exempt corporations from most Canadian laws. CNCA joins 100+ civil society organizations and experts urging MPs to remove these dangerous and anti-democratic powers from Budget Bill C-15. ecojustice.ca/news/open-le...

⚖️ Et si la justice pouvait contraindre TotalEnergies à agir pour le climat ? 🗓️ Après 6 ans de procédures judiciaires, une audience décisive s'ouvrira le 19 février, dans le recours engagé contre TotalEnergies en 2020 pour contraindre la multinationale à respecter l'Accord de Paris.

STARTING NOW: A 🇫🇷 court will hear a landmark case that could reshape corporate climate accountability in Europe & beyond. The Court will confront a defining question of our time: Can #FossilFuel expansion survive the rule of law in a climate crisis? Follow @duycks.bsky.social for live reporting! A🧵

Read our open letter on C-15 « The omnibus budget bill gives unprecedented power to federal ministers to exempt virtually any entity from all federal laws and regulations—except the Criminal Code. » #polcan #C15 www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

"Canada’s current arms-export system contains a loophole so large that it undermines the very values we claim to uphold", note Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock. "Unmonitored arms flows have fuelled some of the world’s gravest humanitarian crises." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Next month, the UN Human Rights Committee will review Canada's human rights record. Canada continues to fail to live up to its human rights obligations on corporate accountability. A 🧵 of civil society submissions to the UN HRC:

CNCA joins over 40 civil society organizations endorsing this important submission.

Tell your MP: support #BillC233 to close arms export loopholes. Vote expected late Feb. Act now: kairoscanada.org/urge-your-m...#BillC233 #ArmsEmbargo #NoMoreLoopholes #EndGenocide

Le 17 février, le RCRCE se joindra à un mouvement pancanadien lors d’une journée d’action nationale appelant les député.e.s de tous les partis à soutenir le projet de loi Finies les failles. cnca-rcrce.ca/fr/2026/02/1...

Canadian weapons are fueling serious human rights abuses around the world. Bill C-233 would close glaring arms export loopholes -- and will come to a vote soon. On February 17th, CNCA members will join a national day of action supporting this important bill: cnca-rcrce.ca/2026/02/11/f...

"They are putting our basic rights and livelihoods at risk—all to line the pockets of a few Canadians who are already rich." By @brandimorin.bsky.social @culturalsurvival.org www.culturalsurvival.org/news/how-can...

Indigenous and campesino communities in Cuenca, Ecuador met with Canadian ambassador Craig Kowalik yesterday. They delivered a clear message: NO Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement, and NO to Canadian mining in the Kimsakocha páramo.

“Karen Hamilton, director of the human rights watchdog Above Ground, said Canadian companies should cease doing business with ICE, which she said has displayed ‘obvious signs of human rights abuses.’ ” @thestar.com www.thestar.com/business/mor...

“It raises really, really serious concerns that a [Canadian] company doing business with ICE is going to be enabling abuses, and is going to be conducting operations that facilitate those abuses continuing." - Aidan Gilchrist-Blackwood from our counterpart, @cnca-rcrce.bsky.social

Over a dozen Canadian companies have done business with ICE amid ongoing reports of serious human rights abuse, reports @thestar.com's Estella Ren. Gaps in Canadian law enable abuses like this and make it very difficult to hold our companies accountable. www.thestar.com/business/mor...

Tomorrow! Note that Nicole Uher, deputy director, will replace Andrew Ghattas from the Critical Minerals Centre of Excellence. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

C'est demain ! Veuillez noter que Nicole Uher, directrice adjointe, remplacera Andrew Ghattas du Centre d'excellence sur les minéraux critiques. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

“It’s important to underscore the hypocrisy of Canadian foreign policy..." As Mark Carney urges value-based leadership, environmental advocates and Indigenous leaders in the Global South point to Canada’s own role in sustaining the structures he criticized. insideclimatenews.org/news/2201202...

@amnesty.org's new UN submission calls out Canada's failures to uphold FPIC at home and overseas. "Canada continues to rely on ineffective voluntary and reporting measures to regulate corporate activity abroad", and has left the CORE vacant and toothless. amnesty.ca/reports/indi... @amnesty.ca

"Hootsuite has discussed monitoring conversations and sentiment on social media related to the agencies, including talk of ICE enforcement actions in specific cities and public perception of the CBP commissioner..." @cnca-rcrce.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Buried on page 300 of the government’s omnibus budget implementation bill is an extremely troubling clause regarding corporate power in Canada. #cdnpoli @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Article | Depuis son élection, Mark Carney a multiplié les rencontres avec le monde des affaires et adopté des lois favorisant le secteur privé. L'examen des relations qu’il a pu nouer au fil de sa carrière, notamment dans le secteur financier, permet d'expliquer en partie ces choix.

Our next webinar "Canada’s approach to critical minerals at home and abroad" is coming up on Tuesday January 27 at 10 AM ET! Register here 👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @miningwatch.bsky.social @cnca-rcrce.bsky.social

Canadian companies are profiteering from the US' fascist turn, writes @titocurtis.bsky.social @therovermedia.bsky.social. therover.ca/canadians-ca...

We are thrilled to welcome @ufcwcanada.bsky.social and the Office of Religious Congregations for Integral Ecology to the CNCA! 🎉 Nous sommes ravis d’accueillir TUAC Canada et le Bureau des congrégations religieuses pour l'écologie intégrale au sein du RCRCE! 🎉

« Il ne suffit évidemment pas d’exiger des entreprises qu’elles nous disent : En passant, il se peut que votre chandail ait été fabriqué par un esclave. » Chronique de @rimaelkouri.bsky.social @lapresse.ca www.lapresse.ca/actualites/c...