Bill C-300 (Historical)

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 the Library of 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

C-300 (2006) An Act to amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act (direct sale of grain)

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.

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

February 9th, 2009 / 3:05 p.m.

Liberal

John McKay Liberal Scarborough—Guildwood, ON

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries.

Mr. Speaker, the purpose of this bill is to promote environmental best practices and ensure the protection and promotion of international human rights standards in respect of mining, oil or gas activities of Canadian corporations in developing countries. It also would give the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of International Trade the responsibility to issue guidelines that articulate corporate accountability standards for mining, oil and gas activities and it would require the ministers to submit an annual report to both Houses of Parliament on the operation of this act.

In the business section of The Globe and Mail this morning was a very timely article about this very issue. I am hoping that this bill will receive favour among hon. members here and that it will, in fact, create a debate on what is a very difficult issue for us all. I thank my friend for Lac-Saint-Louis for his generous support.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)