Foreign Affairs committee  No.

Foreign Affairs committee  We have never had a case where a company said no.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's right.

Foreign Affairs committee  Absolutely. It's fair to say that when it comes to the extractive sector, Canada has a huge presence. In fact, about 60% of all the different projects in the world have a Canadian angle to them. That's why the provisions in the strategy go both ways. If a company feels it's being

Foreign Affairs committee  --“what I'm being accused of having done.” If somebody from the outside comes in, takes a look, and sees that the company has complied with everything it was expected to comply with, there's an opportunity for the company to be cleared of any of these accusations. Now there's n

Foreign Affairs committee  We were asked to comment on the bill, and Sara said we have identified a number of areas where we ourselves have further questions. That would definitely be one of them, where we would need some clarification as to what is meant by that paragraph, in particular, what is included

Foreign Affairs committee  There's also a reference to the OECD guidelines on multinationals. That one is all-inclusive, not just the extractive sector but all sectors, so that whether the investment is in textiles, for example, or mining, if that's the benchmark, if it's the OECD guidelines for multinatio

Foreign Affairs committee  If I may, I will answer your second question. Ms. Pottie can talk to you a bit more about consultations with civil society. In many countries, when foreign investors arrive, it happens too often that local, even national governments will wash their hands of these regions. In oth

Foreign Affairs committee  I must clarify that the $180,000 is being used exclusively abroad or by our regional offices. The other tools that we have just presented will be financed through our own funds. As these resources are to be used exclusively for the extractive industry, many of our missions abroad

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, for the opportunity to speak to you today. Having served abroad in Colombia, Switzerland, and Israel and as a Canadian ambassador to Panama and Costa Rica, I can tell you firsthand that corporate social responsibility, or CSR, is an issue of great