...Today, over 180 organizations from Latin America, Europe and the United States presented a public letter to the Prime Minister of Canada urging his government to promote legal and administrative reforms to more effectively regulate the actions of Canadian mining companies throughout the world. Canadian diplomatic and financial support extended to companies that commit or tolerate human rights violations in Latin America has been addressed by thematic committees and special rapporteurs…Those organizations that signed the public letter asked that Canada guarantee the highest international standards in its policies promoting mining and in its relationship with the countries where Canadian companies operate. They also requested the creation of access to justice mechanisms in Canada, whereby victims of human rights violations committed by the Canadian Mining companies can find redress…