Any company, Canadian or otherwise, on the ground in another country has the best ability to prevent human rights violations within the context of its work, as opposed to a government someplace. To some degree it will always be a self-managing kind of system, but if there's accountability, where they know at the end of the day they have responsibilities that are not only acknowledged by the company but by their government at home, and they're accountable to them, that would be of great value, I would think.
On December 1st, 2009. See this statement in context.