METALLICA RESOURCES Inc. mining struggle coming home to Toronto, Canada, where the investors and beneficiaries are …
(* As of March 2007, the CPP (Canadian Pension Plan) had over Cdn$11,000,000 invested in Metallica Resources Inc.)
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THE METALLICA RESOURCES ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: PICKET AND CREATIVE ACTION
Date: June 17th. Time: 10:00 am. Place: Sutton Place Hotel, 955 Bay St., Toronto, ON. (http://www.toronto.suttonplace.com/).
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Dear friends of Rights Action,
* Folks not in Toronto, Canada area: Please read and pass on this information.
* Folks in Toronto area: please read and contact the people mentioned below if you can help.
ACTION NEEDED FOR POLICY CHANGE IN CANADA & UNITED STATES:
All of these mining and resource extraction struggles (Rights Action is quite involved in struggles in Central America related to gold and nickel mining) are “our” issues in Canada and United States. More critical education is needed in North America to understand how our governments promote and assist the expansion of our resource extraction corporations and investors across the globe, despite well documented environmental harms and human rights violations.
More citizen and investor activism is needed in Canada and the United States, to challenge our unjust corporate and investor relations with countries and communities across the globe.
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METALLICA RESOURCES Inc. IN MEXICO
From: Nadia Hausfather [mailto:activistresearcher@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 9:49 AM
To: info@rightsaction.org
Subject: Need your help! Mexican delegation coming to T.O.
Hello folks at Rights Action,
The FAO (Spanish for Broad Opposition Front) Mexico and Montreal, a movement against illegal mining operations in Cerro de San Pedro, Mexico, has decided to send a delegation to Canada, because Metallica Resources Inc. (the Canadian mining company there) - which is ravaging the earth illegally in Cerro de San Pedro - is having its AGM in Toronto on June 17th (more details in official callout below!).
THE METALLICA RESOURCES ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: PICKET AND CREATIVE ACTION
Date: June 17th. Time: 10:00 am. Place: Sutton Place Hotel, 955 Bay St., Toronto, ON. (http://www.toronto.suttonplace.com/).
Although the timeline is short, we are at a really critical moment in the struggle right now and both collectives (in Mexico and Montreal) decided to move forward.
We made a call to Metallica and found out that we can bring delegates from Mexico into the shareholders' meeting and ask questions. We are also going to try to organize some street theatre and a picket outside, but seeing as we are in Mexico and Montreal, we are hoping that the word gets out in Toronto and that people take interest.
The three delegates from Mexico will be:
1- Armando Barreiro - a federal elected parliamentarian
2- Carlos Covarrubias - a lawyer and government 'regidor' or advisor with the opposition party (PRD) who works on the Agrarian Tribunal legal case for Cerro de San Pedro
3- Don Mario Martinez - a retired mineral engineer, resident of Cerro de San Pedro and Frente Amplio Opositor (FAO) activist
The delegates will be accompanied by Lorena Gil and Enrique Rivera, who is seeking refugee status in Canada due to repression surrounding the Cerro de San Pedro case. Members of FAO Montreal will also be traveling to Toronto.
The delegates are available to meet with any interested organizations before the 17th. I have attached below a "callout" that we're circulating. Lorena Gil will be in Toronto the week before the action, and can be reached at Loregil_26@yahoo.com.
We are hoping to set up meetings with Barreiro and Canadian parliamentarians (who, of course, will not necessarily be in Ottawa). Any advice, names or ideas would also be welcome. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with either myself or Lorena with any questions, tips, etc.
In solidarity,
Nadia Hausfather :-) (see callout below)
(514) 585-6489
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¡¡¡CERRO DE SAN PEDRO: MEXICAN MINE BATTLE COMES TO TORONTO!!!
Since 1997, residents of the Mexican village of Cerro de San Pedro and the surrounding area have been fighting a large-scale open-pit gold and silver mine. Canadian corporation Metallica Resources Inc. has backed the project since its inception.
[As of March 2007, the Canadian Pension Plan has over Cdn$11,000,000 invested in this company.]
Mining operations began in 2006 without required environmental permits and despite the repression of dissent, a political assassination, and widespread allegations of corruption. In July 2008, Metallica Resources will merge with two other junior mining firms to form New Gold Inc.
Join Mexican anti-mine activists at the site of Metallica Resource's shareholder meeting as they bring the resistance to Canada and give future New Gold shareholders a preview of the battle ahead.
CALL FOR SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY
The Frente Amplio Opositor (FAO), the anti-mine movement located in Mexico and Montreal, is urgently seeking organizers and solidarity activists to spread the word and support our mobilization in Toronto. We are looking for people who can help with outreach and mobilization, and who may be interested in organizing other events with the Mexican delegates. Please contact us at cerrodesanpedro@gmail.com for more information. Members of FAO Montreal are available for trips to
Toronto to organize actions in the coming weeks.
For photos of an anti-Metallica action in Montreal in 2007: http://photos.cmaq.net/v/fao/
For more information on the struggle in Cerro de San Pedro, Mexico: http://faomontreal.wordpress.com/ or http://cerrodesanpedro.org
To get in touch: cerrodesanpedro@gmail.com
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