Guatemala, where there is significant investment, is one case. The ability of the Guatemalan state to carry out proper adjudication of these issues is highly questionable. In the literature, there's almost no contention over this issue. I would also bring to the committee's attention something relevant to the argument that Canadian firms are doing better than others in their performance. In Paul's testimony, the dataset is only based on five countries, which excludes, importantly, countries like Guatemala. According to The “Canada Brand” report, 27% of deaths associated with activities of Canadian mining companies occurred in Guatemala, so inclusion of that singular case would likely change the findings significantly.
On September 28th, 2017. See this statement in context.