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Canadian 'mining watchdog' spent $1.1M taxpayer dollars and has nothing to show for it

Andrew Topf | February 20, 2012 | 10:06 pm Canada Europe 

A Canadian mining watchdog created by the Conservative government has yet to mediate a single case despite costing taxpayers $1.1 million over the last two years. CBC News reports the impressive-sounding Office of the Extractive Sector Corporate Responsibility Counsellor has...

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