Canadian mining companies are facing allegations of abuse and assault on local citizens in dozens of developing nations…In Ottawa…a House of Commons committee…will continue debating a Liberal private member's bill designed to put controls on mining companies overseas…From Ecuador comes a lawsuit…alleging that in 2006 a Canadian company's armed security forces attacked unarmed locals …In El Salvador, allegations of violent attacks against anti-mining activists. In Mexico, allegations of human rights and environmental abuse that led a Mexican court to close a Canadian-owned mine…."The biggest challenge out there is a lack of governance capacity in developing countries," says Gordon Peeling, CEO of the Mining Association of Canada…Mining companies are big business in Canada and, with about 200 active lobbyists, a powerful voice. [includes comments by Copper Mesa Mining, Anvil Mining, TSX - also refers to TVI Pacific, Barrick Gold]