Description: Dogwood is stepping back from project-by-project battles on the mining front, to focus on underlying issues around Indigenous rights, climate and democratic reform.
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Yesterday marked six years since the Mount Polley mine collapse dumped 25 billion litres of toxic waste into the Fraser watershed. The company responsible, Imperial Metals, still hasn’t faced charges.
There have been some important victories since that tailings dam failed. But even these point to deeper problems with B.C.’s colonial mining laws – problems the NDP government appears unwilling to tackle.