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, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.

Sponsor

John McKay Liberal

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

Status

Defeated, as of Oct. 27, 2010
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

The purpose of this enactment is to promote environmental best practices and to ensure the protection and promotion of international human rights standards in respect of the mining, oil or gas activities of Canadian corporations in developing countries. It also gives the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of International Trade the responsibility to issue guidelines that articulate corporate accountability standards for mining, oil or gas activities and it requires the Ministers to submit an annual report to both Houses of Parliament on the provisions and operation of this Act.

Similar bills

C-300 (40th Parliament, 2nd 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.

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Votes

Oct. 27, 2010 Failed That Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries, be concurred in at report stage.

Oct. 27, 2010 Failed That Bill C-300 be amended by deleting Clause 10.

Oct. 27, 2010 Failed That Bill C-300, in Clause 9, be amended by replacing line 17 on page 6 with the following: “functions under subsection (2)”

Oct. 27, 2010 Failed That Bill C-300, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing line 36 on page 5 with the following: “enter into or renew a transaction”

Oct. 27, 2010 Failed That Bill C-300, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing lines 18 to 23 on page 4 with the following: “( a) the IFC's(i) Policy on Social and Environmental Sustainability,(ii) Performance Standards on Social and Environmental Sustainability and Guidance Notes to those standards, (iii) applicable Industry Sector Guidelines, and(iv) General Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines;”

Oct. 27, 2010 Failed That Bill C-300, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing line 17 on page 4 with the following: “(2) The guidelines shall be substantially consistent with:”

Oct. 27, 2010 Failed That Bill C-300, in Clause 4, be amended by adding after line 12 on page 4 the following: “(11) Every investment manager who invests the assets of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board pursuant to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act shall take into account the results of examinations and reviews undertaken pursuant to this section.”

Oct. 27, 2010 Failed That Bill C-300, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing lines 39 to 44 on page 3 with the following: “(8) If a corporation is found by a Minister to have contravened a guideline referred to in section 5, the corporation shall have six months, from the date of publication of the Minister’s finding, to bring itself into compliance. During that period, no adverse steps resulting from that breach of compliance shall be taken against the corporation by Export Development Canada pursuant to section 10.2 of the Export Development Act or by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade pursuant to section 10 of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Act.(8.1) The Ministers shall publish in the Canada Gazette their findings regarding compliance with the guidelines within a period of 30 days after the conclusion of the grace period provided for in subsection (8).(8.2) If, at the end of that grace period, the corporation remains in contravention of a guideline, as determined by the Ministers, the Ministers shall, within a period of 30 days, notify the President of Export Development Canada and the Chairperson of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board that the corporation’s mining, oil or gas activities are inconsistent with the guidelines referred to in section 5. (8.3) If a corporation found to be in contravention of a guideline at the end of the grace period provided for in subsection (8) subsequently undertakes corrective actions, the corporation may request the Ministers to review the results of those actions and make a determination regarding compliance with the guidelines. The request shall be made in writing and shall include such information as is required to determine compliance with the guidelines. (8.4) Subsections (3), (4), (6) and (7) apply to a request for review provided under subsection (8.3) as if it were a complaint. (8.5) If the Ministers determine through a review that the corporation remains in contravention of a guideline, the Ministers shall notify the President of Export Development Canada and the Chairperson of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board that the corporation’s mining, oil or gas activities are inconsistent with the guidelines referred to in section 5.”

Oct. 27, 2010 Failed That Bill C-300, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 32 on page 3 with the following: “undertaken pursuant to this section, which shall include a determination regarding the corporation’s compliance with the guidelines set out in section 5 and the Ministers' basis for any finding, within eight”

Oct. 27, 2010 Failed That Bill C-300, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing lines 22 and 23 on page 3 with the following: “ister who receives the complaint shall consider any relevant information provided by the corporation or the”

Oct. 27, 2010 Failed That Bill C-300, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing, in the English version, lines 3 and 4 on page 3 with the following: “receive complaints regarding Canadian corporations engaged in mining, oil or gas activities”

Oct. 27, 2010 Failed That Bill C-300, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing, in the French version, line 34 on page 2 with the following: “3. La présente loi vise à faire en sorte que les”

Oct. 27, 2010 Failed That Bill C-300, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 12 to 16 on page 1 with the following: ““developing countries” means countries classified as low income, lower middle income or upper middle income in the World Bank list of economies, as amended from time to time.”

Oct. 27, 2010 Failed That Bill C-300, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing, in the French version, lines 10 to 13 on page 1 with the following: “Opérations de recherche, notamment par forage, de production, de rationalisation de l'exploitation, de transformation et de transport de ressources minérales, de pétrole ou de gaz, réalisées dans le territoire d'un”

Oct. 27, 2010 Failed That Bill C-300, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 9 to 11 on page 1 with the following: ““corporation” means any company or legal person incorporated by or under an Act of Parliament or of any province, and includes holding or subsidiary companies of the corporation.”

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