On November 22, 2009 The Toronto Star has published an article which calls attention to ALLEGATIONS of serious breaches in ethical, environmental and human rights violations by Canadian multinational corporations operating in the mining industry. Of particular interest to the Star's reporter Brett Poppelwell is the Vancouver based Copper Mesa corporation's operations in Ecuador.
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As the article notes: "John McKay, Liberal MP for Scarborough-Guildwood, has introduced a private member's bill designed to put controls on mining companies overseas. Conservatives have vowed to kill the bill, which is opposed by Canada's mining industry. MP's are debating it in a House of Commons committee this week (Nov. 22, 2009).
Follow this debate and determine which side of the argument you support and why. Does the Toronto Star appear to be offering a neutral and unbiased journalistic account? How? Or, does the newspaper slant the story so as to bend the reader's objectivity in advance of all the facts? How?
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