A rally & march against mining violence, ending at the world’s biggest mining convention – PDAC.
When: March 2nd, 1pm
Location: Meet at the Toronto Stock Exchange (100 Adelaide St West) for a rally and march to PDAC. We’ll stop by mining companies and corporate criminals on our way and hear from those directly impacted by their mining projects.
Canadian mining projects are at the heart of the most destructive forces on the planet. From the bombs falling on Palestine to the climate fires burning up the planet, from the theft of Indigenous land and the war profiteering in the Congo to the assassination of land defenders — Canadian mining kills, destroys and colonizes.
Every year at PDAC, representatives from mining companies, governments, and other key industry players come together to make deals and draft plans on how to keep profiting off of land theft, violence, and poisoning the planet. This year is no exception.
Join us on March 2nd for a kid-friendly march and rally! Bring your family, friends, colleagues, and neighbours. We will gather downtown with representatives from communities directly impacted by Canadian mining to untangle the webs of power and money that connect this city to some of the most harmful and toxic mining projects globally, and march from the Toronto Stock Exchange to the Metro Convention Centre to #DisruptPDAC 2025. Along the way we’ll hear from frontline communities about the impacts of these mining companies and the military violence they fuel, bring, and profit from. Stand with them!
MORE INFORMATION:
Canadian Mining and the Military Industrial Complex
The Canadian mining industry plays a crucial role in the Military Industrial Complex, fueling violence on Turtle Island and around the world. This violence takes many forms: from deploying militarized forces to push through mining projects in Indigenous territory in Norway, Guatemala, Ecuador, and across Turtle Island, to imprisoning environmental defenders in El Salvador and Wet’suwet’en, the Canadian mining industry is mired in conflict. Not to mention its involvement in conflict zones like Tigray and the Congo.
This cycle of violence continues when minerals become weapons of war and genocide. Modern weapons require significant quantities of metals and minerals, like the F35 fighter jets Israel uses to bomb Gaza, each of which contain over 900lbs of rare earth elements. Several rare earth element companies are in attendance at PDAC this year, as are some of the world’s largest producers of aluminum, platinum and cobalt – all of which are required to build modern weapons for war. In its own Critical Minerals Strategy, the Canadian government is quick to point out the many defense applications for the “critical minerals” it claims to mine as a solution to the climate crisis.
Why should you care about the PDAC convention?
Because Canada’s mining companies, with the full and unconditional support of the Canadian government, wreak havoc on communities around the world, blatantly violating human and Indigenous rights, inflicting severe environmental destruction, and creating vast economic inequalities.
Because even as land defenders across so-called Canada are criminalized for simply being on their territory and pushing back against extractive projects that are forced through without their consent, extractive companies are gathering to pat each other on the back for their ‘corporate social responsibility’ and ‘sustainability’ efforts.
Because “business as usual” is a direct path to a planet that is literally unlivable. A world with even greater levels of wealth inequality. A world in which the mining companies that inflict mass displacement are also the ones lobbying for harsher border and migration policies. A world defined by imperialism and neo-colonialism. A world where capital takes precedence over human rights. This is not the world we deserve. And it is not the world we are trying to build.
JOIN US on March 2nd at 1pm – March details
Join us at the TSX (100 Adelaide St W), and we’ll march from there to the Metro Convention centre on Front St, making a few stops en route. We’re planning a kid-friendly event, so bring your family, friends, colleagues, kids, neighbours, and loved ones to help us #DisruptPDAC!
ASL interpretation has been confirmed for this rally and march. Don’t hesitate to reach out to us with questions or feedback on how we can make this protest accessible to you – [email protected]
