(June 12, 2005) Was there a commitment from the Canadian company, SNC-Lavalin, to provide a grant of Rs. 98 crores to the Malabar Cancer Centre; and, if yes, why was it allowed to wriggle out of the obligation?
PRESS RELEASE Mekong hydro consultants convicted of bribery in Africa
(September 18, 2002) A major Canadian engineering firm that has worked on hydro projects and resettlement planning in Asia’s six-country Mekong region has been convicted by the Lesotho High Court on two counts of bribery.
PRESS RELEASE: Dam pristine river valley, says Canada’s foreign aid agency
(September 20, 2001) A new report from CIDA recommends that construction of the proposed Chalillo dam in Belize begin early next year, even though scientists warn against the scheme because of its devastating effects on Central American wildlife.
Federal support of exports: too secretive
(June 8, 2001) The Access to Information Act should apply to the Export Development Corporation – Montreal’s Métro newspaper quotes Probe International. The government makes "excessive and unreasonable" use of certain clauses in the Access to Information Act in order to "protect the corporations it awards contracts to," says Probe International (PI) in a document submitted to a federal task force established to review the Access to Information Act.
Government Secrecy Threatens Canadian Democracy
(June 1, 2001) Probe International argues that the Canadian government’s growing predilection for secrecy is alarming. Probe recommends that the disclosure of information on public interest grounds should prevail over corporate interests.
NGO river recovery plan for British Columbia rivers focuses on decommissioning
(June 1, 2001) Encouraging new efforts toward river protection are in contrast to Canada’s past record as a stalwart supporter of large dams and refuge for the troubled hydro industry.
At the public trough!
(December 3, 2000) Fortis seeks and gets Canadian funding Article quotes Grainne Ryder.
PRESS RELEASE: Canadian aid agency pays engineering firm to justify dam construction in Belize
(November 21, 2000) Hydro scheme threatens jaguar, Scarlet Macaw habitat.
Misusing foreign aid
(May 19, 1999) Cynical. That’s the best way to describe Ottawa’s misuse of foreign aid money to promote nuclear power in Thailand, exposed by Bill Schiller in The Sunday Star.
Letter from Probe International to Lloyd Axworthy, Minister of Foreign Affairs
(February 24, 1999) span class=”font11″> Re: CIDA’s plans to sell Canadian nuclear technology to Thailand.
Property rights and bioregionalism: lessons from the world
(April 3, 1992) “Our own backyard” conference on ecological renewal, Toronto City Hall, Toronto, ON
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