Foreign Affairs committee  First, I think we're completely blurring what international development means in Canada. Second, we're implicating the Canadian government and the Canadian people in projects for which we don't have the criteria to do any kind of follow-up, and we haven't given ourselves the mech

Foreign Affairs committee  It is absolutely indispensable that we have oversight over the operations of Canadian companies; that we have mandatory ways of doing the follow-up. In the round table report, you had the standards, reporting mechanisms, and an ombudsman. It is absolutely indispensable and urgent

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. This goes back to the initial question about the objectives of this study. There seems to be an ambiguity. Is it about the role of the private sector in achieving Canada's business interest—mining-friendly laws, etc.—or is it about your question, promoting social and

Foreign Affairs committee  Absolutely. I was struck, in two west African countries, to know that there were CSR people at our embassies and that these people were non-Canadian. When I tried to talk to them about the round-table process, they knew nothing about it. How can they be the spokespeople for Can

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, thank you. There is in fact a real danger that certain countries whose budgets are not sufficient to supply social services will not only be de-motivated but also very pleased to leave the room for companies or whoever, so this leaves an ambiguity in terms of who is respons

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity to address the committee. Greetings to you. My contribution will be centred on the relationship between mining and promoting economic and social development. It draws on several decades of research in this area. It draws as well on my part