DID News Alert May 18, 2012. The Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) has sent out a list of the key issues that will be discussed during the final community hearings in July.… En savoir plus
May 16, 2012 8pm EST. Discussion of Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) and its role in relation to the Baffinland Iron Mine project going through environmental review. Hosted by Lucasie Ivalu and Abraham Tagalik, guests include Amanda Hanson, NIRB; Sandra Inutiq, Inuit lawyer; Lloyd Lipsett, human rights lawyer; with call-in questions and comments from Inuit about NIRB and Baffinland.… En savoir plus
DID News Alert May 11, 2012. For anyone who is interested in reading the Nunavut Impact Review Board's (NIRB) official policies and standards, particularly relating to the July community hearings, this is their document where all that information is. It is 27 pages.
Interesting video by Memorial University professors John Sandlos and Arn Keeling talking about the abandoned Pine Point zinc mine, on the south shore of the Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories. The mine was opened from 1964 to 1988.
DID News Alert May 10, 2012. I thought I would shed a little light on who the owner of ArcelorMittal is, the company that owns Baffinland. The chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal is Lakshimi Mittal. According to Forbes magazine, he is the 21st richest person in the world and the 47th most powerful. He has a net worth of $20.7 billion dollars.
May 10, 2012 8pm EST. Part Two of two shows. Human Rights lawyer Lloyd Lipsett continues his discussion of human rights and Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) with Inuit in relation to the Baffinland Iron Mine project going through environmental review. With call-in questions and comments from Inuit about Baffinland. May 10, 2012, 8 pm EST, podcast 150 minutes, in English and Inuktitut.… En savoir plus
Click on this link www.isuma.tv/hi/en/did/radio/igloolik to listen AGAIN (Part 2) to Zacharias Kunuk and Human Rights lawyer Lloyd Lipsett on Igloolik public radio talk about the Baffinland Iron Mine, the NIRB Public Hearings and Inuit Human Rights.
The show goes on air live Thursday, May 10 at 8pm Eastern Time.
This show starts around 5:00 mins into the recording, move your clicker to 5:00 to start. Human Rights lawyer Lloyd Lipsett introduces the concept of human rights and Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) to Inuit in relation to the Baffinland Iron Mine project going through environmental review.… En savoir plus
"ArcelorMittal's status as the world's leading steel and mining company is a source of intense pride, both personally and for our employees," comments Lakshmi N. Mittal, Chairman and CEO, ArcelorMittal.… En savoir plus
DID News Alert May 10, 2012. A new concern has been raised about Baffinland’s proposed 150-kilometre railway from the mine to Steensby Inlet. The railway will run along a chain of roughly 100 inuksuit that extends for over six kilometres near the mouth of Steensby Inlet.… En savoir plus
A channel of commentary and documents by Lloyd Lipsett, human rights lawyer and leader of a 2012-13 Human Rights Impact Assessment of the $6 billion Baffinland Iron Mine proposed development in the middle of north Baffin Island.
It’s been over two years since the proposed Baffinland Mary River iron mine has been under review. The verdict from the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s final report comes out in September. Before the final decision by NIRB, there will be public hearings in July in Iqaluit, Igloolik and Pond Inlet.… En savoir plus
