e-3256 (Business and trade)
- Keywords
- Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise
- Environmental protection
- Kavango Basin
- Oil and gas
- Social responsibility
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- The Vancouver-based company, ReconAfrica, is engaging in oil and gas exploration and potential hydraulic fracturing in the protected Kavango Basin region of Namibia and Botswana;
- The Kavango Basin region is a biodiversity hotspot with conservation areas and parks, wildlife reserves, the Okavango Deltat and the Tsodilo Hills, both of which are UNESCO World Heritage sites;
- The ReconAfrica project poses threats to the human rights of the indigenous San people of southern Africa and local Namibian and Botswana citizens;
- Local people have reported respiratory problems such as asthma, sinusitis and other conditions after years of inhaling dust from nearby mining activity; and
- By failing to act, Canada will undermine various international commitments signed for the purposes of protecting the Okavango Delta and the local inhabitants of the region.
- Open for signature
- March 12, 2021, at 4:11 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- May 11, 2021, at 4:11 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Elizabeth May
(Saanich—Gulf Islands)
June 3, 2021 (Petition No. 432-01037)