Canadian mining companies operating in Mexico should be on notice that the sector is going to face increased scrutiny on its environmental practices and treatment of Indigenous people, according to the the country’s new ambassador to Ottawa.
Some 70 per cent of foreign-owned mining companies operating in Mexico are based in Canada, according to Global Affairs Canada. In 2015, Canadian firms held assets in Mexico totalling nearly US$20-billion.Mr. Gomez Camacho said enforcement of Mexico’s existing laws will be increased under the government of Mr. Lopez Obrador, a leftist who has made combating corruption a key part of the plan for his six years in office, and improving the welfare of Mexico’s poor another.
Mr. Gomez Camacho, 54, is a career diplomat who most recently was Mexico’s ambassador to the United Nations. He is fluent in English and French, and shares Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s fondness for stylish socks. “We are having constant conversations between the three [countries], particularly Canada and Mexico are in constant conversation, to make sure that we consult each other and we try to be on the same page in this process,” Mr. Gomez Camacho said. “One of my most important tasks as soon as I get there is precisely to persuade ... the Canadian authorities to move forward in the ratification process. But in the end, the U.S.
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I say Canada 🇨🇦 and Mexico 🇲🇽 team up against 🇺🇸 and dictate what happens with this new deal fucktrump
Mexico fucking us over again, like they did in the new NAFTA negotiations. If only we had a leader who fought for Canadians...
im ok with that, our country should be accountable and respectful
I suspect we'll soon be reading a headline with cafreeland condemning the government of Mexico and installing another Guaido.