MiningWatch Canada has registered Susan Murdock as a lobbyist with the federal registry. Read the original post here.

MiningWatch Canada’s activities are monitoring government and industry policy and activity on mining issues as well as providing information to communities about the full costs of mining. Members of MiningWatch are non-profit organizations that are concerned about the environmental and social costs of mining. Last year, MiningWatch received $36,312.98 from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA).

Other lobbyists working with MiningWatch are Catherine Coumans, Ramsey Hart and Jamie Kneen.

Topics covered by MiningWatch during lobbying duties include:

• Aboriginal Affairs
• Environment
• Financial Institutions
• Fisheries
• Health
• Industry
• International Trade
• Mining
• Regional Development
• Taxation and Finance

Federal departments or organizations that MiningWatch will be communicating with include:

• Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB)
• Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA)
• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
• Environment Canada (EC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
• Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
• Industry Canada (IC)
• Members of the House of Commons
• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
• Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Revenue Canada (RC)
• Senate of Canada
• Treasury Board of Canada (TBS)

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Policies or Program, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Calling for an end to Canadian diplomatic and financial resources being used to support controversial and damaging mining projects.

Policies or Program, Regulation

Changes to the implementation of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act to have mining companies report to National Pollutant Release Inventory on their wastes disposed of in tailings impoundments and waste rock dumps.

Policies or Program

Ecological fiscal reform of taxation policies to shift incentives from primary extraction (mining) to secondary production (recycling) of metals. Removal of the “Super Flow Through Shares Program” and the “Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance” for mining.

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Ending government subsidies to the Asbestos Industry and banning exports of asbestos.

Regulation
Preventing further additions to Schedule 2 of the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations (MMER), ensuring improvements to and enforcement of MMER.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Promoting legislative changes to the Fisheries Act to ensure adequate protection of aquatic habitats from pollution and degradation caused by the mining industry.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Promoting the passage of Bill C-300 and other legal measures for ensuring Canadian companies are legally accountable, within Canada, for international activities.

Policies or Program

Regulation of Canadian extractive companies operating internationally: discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the federal government’s “Building the Canadian Advantage: A CSR Strategy for the International Extractive Sector” and how it is implemented.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Review and amendments to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act to ensure that Federal Environmental Assessment is efficient and effective, considers sustainability criteria, examines cumulative impacts, and includes meaningful and effective public participation.

Policies or Program
Reviewing, critiquing and seeking improvements to DFO’s habitat compensation program and “no net loss” policy to ensure protection of aquatic ecosystem values.