Monday, March 18, 2013

Canada aboriginal movement poses new threat to miners

Reuters: An aboriginal protest movement that's often compared with Occupy Wall Street has the potential to disrupt mining projects across Canada, threatening to undermine the country's coveted reputation for low-risk resource development. Idle No More, a grass-roots movement with little centralized leadership, swept across Canada late last year with the help social media. Protesters blocked roads and rail lines, and staged big rallies in the country's largest cities to press a sweeping human rights and...

URL: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-mining-canada-aboriginalsbre92g0ek-20130317,0,7825157.story
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