Canadian-based The Metals Company (TMC) is trying to mine the ocean’s deep sea, an uncharted and pristine territory, by any means necessary. They are uniting with Trump to bypass the international community and unleash a new era of destructive extraction for profit, at the expense of nature and global cooperation. [1] [2]

The new Canadian government must step in now. 

For the last decade, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has worked to develop a set of rules – officially known as the Mining Code – that would legitimize deep-sea mining and unlock vast areas of the ocean for exploitation. [3] 

And in April, in a reckless series of harmful executive orders, Trump unilaterally fast-tracked deep-sea mining permits, paving the way for wanna-be tech-bro Gerard Barron, CEO of The Metals Company, to bulldoze ahead with their deep-sea mining plans – without any global rules in place. [1] [4] This isn’t innovation, it’s looting the ocean floor, and we cannot let it happen.

So far, the newly elected Canadian government has stayed dangerously silent, but now’s the time for Carney and new Foreign Minister Anand to lead the charge to protect the world’s oceans.

With science warning of irreversible damage from mining the seabed, and rogue behaviour from Trump and Barron, it has become clear that deep-sea mining is an industry that the ocean cannot afford, and that shouldn’t even see the light of day. [5]

We’re calling on Prime Minister Carney and Foreign Minister Anand to:

• Reinforce Canada's support for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining
• Oppose a rushed Mining Code that would legalize seabed exploitation 
• Stand up to Trump and The Metals Company’s corporate greed 

The deep sea isn’t up for grabs. Add your name to demand that Canada lock the seabed out of reach for extractive industries.