Dear Minister Dion,

We are writing to you on behalf of the Americas Policy Group (APG), a regional working group of the Canadian Council for International Co-operation, which brings together civil society organizations dedicated to sustainable development, the promotion of human rights and social justice in the Americas.

We wish to express our grave concern about the rising number of attacks against land and environment defenders throughout Latin America, many at the hands of multinational extractive companies. An alarming number of these victims are Indigenous women.

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