News
Montreal Gazette, Canadian Mining Companies Behaving Badly,
February 5, 2010
Three Ecuadoreans have taken their case to an Ontario court alleging
that their opposition to Vancouver-based Copper Mesa Mining Corp.'s
planned copper mine resulted in their being threatened and assaulted.
CBC The Current,
Conflict and Canadian mining companies, December 5, 2009
Anna Maria Tremonti interviews Murray Klippenstein, a Toronto
Lawyer who represents three villagers from the valley of Intag in
Ecuador, who are suing Copper Mesa Mining Corporation and the Toronto
Stock Exchange
This Magazine, The Ecuadorian village that’s taking the
Toronto Stock Exchange to court, November 23, 2009
Marcia Ramírez is in for the fight of her life: suing the
Toronto Stock Exchange for listing a company that it knew might cause
her harm.
Toronto Star, Copper Mesa sued for alleged assault, November
22, 2009
Three Ecuadoreans are now suing Copper Mesa in Ontario court,
alleging they were threatened and assaulted for their opposition to the
mine.
Polivio and Israel Perez, along with Marcia Ramirez, filed their
lawsuit against Copper Mesa and the TSX in the Ontario Superior Court
of Justice earlier this year. In it they demand social and
environmental accountability from the company and the TSX for the
alleged assaults.
Toronto Star, Canadian mining firms face abuse allegations, November
22, 2009
Canadian mining companies are facing allegations of abuse and
assault on local citizens in dozens of developing nations.
The allegations are severe: From Ecuador comes a lawsuit,
filed in Ontario, alleging that in 2006 a Canadian company's armed
security forces attacked unarmed locals with pepper spray first, then
fired guns to dampen protest near a proposed mining site.
Lawyers’ Weekly, Lawyers take aim at mining companies, April
3, 2009
Two Ontario lawyers are spearheading a novel bill and lawsuit that
would make domestic companies answerable in Canada for alleged
violations of human rights abroad.
Last month, Murray Klippenstein of Toronto’s Klippensteins
filed a $1-billion-plus statement of claim in Ontario Superior Court
against Vancouver-based Copper Mesa Mining Corp. (formerly known as
Ascendant Copper Corp.) in connection with alleged violent attacks by
the company’s security forces on villagers protesting a proposed
massive copper mine in the Andes of northwestern Ecuador.
The Tyee, Canadian Mining Firm Financed Violence in Ecuador: Lawsuit,
March 3, 2009
Financing being raised in Canada is travelling across borders to do
harm," said lawyer Murray Klippenstein by phone from his office in
Toronto. "We want to find out if our legal system can respond to this.
In-House Counsel Magazine, CSR Abroad, Spring 2009
Will corporations accused of overseas human rights violations
be taken to court in Canada?