Corporate Accountability of Mining, Oil and Gas Corporations in Developing Countries Act

An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in December 2009.

Sponsor

John McKay  Liberal

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

In committee (House), as of April 22, 2009
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-300 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) Corporate Accountability of Mining, Oil and Gas Corporations in Developing Countries Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-300s:

C-300 (2022) An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act, the Defence Production Act and the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (Canadian products and services)
C-300 (2021) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (books by Canadian authors)
C-300 (2016) An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (Canada Health Transfer)
C-300 (2011) Law Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention Act

Votes

April 22, 2009 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on May 25, 2009

  • Bruce Hirst, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on June 1, 2009

  • Louise Léger, Director General, Trade Commissioner Service - Client Services (BSD), Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  • Donica Pottie, Director, Democracy and War Economies Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  • Sara Wilshaw, Director, Trade Commissioner Service Support, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  • Sabine Nölke, Director, United Nations, Human Rights and Economic Law Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  • Rob Walsh, Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel, House of Commons

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on Oct. 8, 2009

  • Catherine Coumans, Research Coordinator and Asia Pacific Program, MiningWatch Canada
  • Richard Janda, Professor, McGill University, Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability
  • Gordon Peeling, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mining Association of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on Oct. 20, 2009

  • Stephen Lucas, Assistant Deputy Minister, Minerals and Metals Sector, Department of Natural Resources
  • Rémy M. Beauregard, President, Rights & Democracy
  • William McGuinty, President, OTD Exploration Services Inc.
  • Tyler Giannini, Lecturer on Law, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School
  • Sarah Knuckey, Lawyer, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University School of Law
  • Carole Samdup, Senior Advisor, Economic and Social Rights, Rights & Democracy

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on Oct. 22, 2009

  • Karyn Keenan, Program Officer, Halifax Initiative Coalition
  • Christopher MacLennan, Director General, Thematic and Sectoral Policy Directorate, Canadian International Development Agency
  • Hélène Giroux, Director General, South America, Americas, Geographic Programs Branch, Canadian International Development Agency
  • Bill Singleton, Senior Economic Policy Advisor, Strategic Policy and Performance Branch, Canadian International Development Agency

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on Oct. 27, 2009

  • Michael Casey, Executive Director, Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace
  • Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International
  • Ryan Worms, Education and Research Officer, Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace
  • Jim McArdle, Senior Vice-President, Legal Services and Secretary, Export Development Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on Nov. 17, 2009

  • Donald Raymond, Senior Vice-President, Public Market Investments, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
  • Anthony Andrews, Executive Director, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada
  • Robert Wisner, Partner, McMillan LLP
  • Ian Dale, Senior Vice-President, Communications and Stakeholder Relations, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
  • Viviane Weitzner, Senior Researcher, Trade and Natural Resources, North-South Institute

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on Nov. 19, 2009

  • Perrin Beatty, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
  • Susanna Cluff-Clyburne, Director, Parliamentary Relations, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
  • Stephen Hunt, Director, District 3, United Steelworkers
  • Ian Thomson, Program Coordinator, Ecological Justice and Corporate Accountability, KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
  • Connie Sorio, Program Coordinator, Asia Pacific Partnerships, KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on Nov. 24, 2009

  • Romina Picolotti, President and Founder, Center for Human Rights and Environment
  • Denis Tougas, Coordinator, Table de concertation sur la région des Grands Lacs africains, Entraide Missionnaire Inc.
  • Marketa Evans, Counsellor, Office of the Extractive Sector Corporate Social Responsibility Counsellor

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on Nov. 26, 2009

  • Mac Penney, Director, Government Relations, Kinross Gold Corporation
  • Peter Sinclair, Senior Director, Corporate Social Responsability, Barrick Gold Corporation
  • Dina Aloi, Vice-President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Goldcorp Inc.
  • James Peterson, Counsel, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
  • Raymond Chrétien, Partner and Strategic Advisor, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
  • Michael J. Bourassa, Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on Dec. 1, 2009

  • Grant Manuge, Director General, Trade Commissioner Service, Operations, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  • Sabine Nölke, Director, United Nations, Human Rights and Economic Law Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  • James Lambert, Director General, Latin America and Caribbean, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  • Catherine Duhamel, Lawyer, International Human Rights Law, Alternatives Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on Dec. 3, 2009