Foreign Affairs Committee on May 30th, 2012

[The Chair, Conservative, Dean Allison]

Once again we're out of time, but I'll ask Ms. Keenan to answer the question if she would like to.

[Karyn Keenan]

I don't know where to start. I guess I would encourage the honourable member to—

[Lois Brown, Conservative, Newmarket—Aurora, ON]

She's speechless.

[Karyn Keenan]

No, I'm not speechless. I don't know where to start.

I guess I would encourage the honourable member to review testimony given before this committee on Bill C-300 and to review statements of claim before the Ontario and Quebec Superior Courts regarding the operations of Canadian companies, the Norwegian pension funds documents, and the websites and publications of reputable organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. I can't imagine how anyone could review those publications and not come away with concerns about the operations of Canadian extractive companies overseas.

[The Chair, Conservative, Dean Allison]

Thank you very much, Ms. Keenan.

[Ève Péclet, NDP, La Pointe-de-l'Île, QC]

For the record, Mr. Chair, a point of order.

[The Chair, Conservative, Dean Allison]

I doubt that it will be a point of order, but go ahead. Let's hear it.

[Ève Péclet, NDP, La Pointe-de-l'Île, QC]

Yes. On a point of order, I just want to clarify that the previous witness didn't say that there were 800 jobs created.

[An hon. member]

Yes, she did.

[Ève Péclet, NDP, La Pointe-de-l'Île, QC]

They were looking—that's what's written in her testimony--

[The Chair, Conservative, Dean Allison]

Okay—

[Ève Péclet, NDP, La Pointe-de-l'Île, QC]

They were looking to create 800 jobs. There haven't been 800 jobs created yet—yet.

[The Chair, Conservative, Dean Allison]

Okay.

Ms. Keenan, thank you very much for your testimony today.

[Karyn Keenan]

Thank you for the opportunity.

[The Chair, Conservative, Dean Allison]

We do have bells.

We have your testimony on record.

With that, the meeting is over. Thanks.