Publicly listed companies have their shares on the stock exchange. Under the Securities Act they are required to make certain disclosures. These disclosures will tell you their estimate of how much they're going to make next year, that kind of stuff. It's like consumer legislation for investors.
This is what Leah was saying. They've been very poor at disclosing human rights or environmental.... We could change the law to require that they have more disclosure so at least that information gets out. I don't think that helps the victims in Guatemala, but at least that will provide a greater transparency into what's happening with the company.
I'll tell you right now that the head of Tahoe is on TV saying that the people love them, and we've written to the securities commission in British Columbia with our evidence saying here are all the referendums that have been committed in the communities and here are all the deaths. There's a big problem with Tahoe, and investors have suffered because the Tahoe mine was suspended because the state hadn't conducted any consultations with indigenous people and neither had Tahoe. Stocks fell 40%.
This affects investors, and I think that your suggestion about greater disclosure is spot on. It's part of the range of solutions needed in this very complicated area.
I've just been asked to table a couple of things here. One is a letter of concern about the witnesses from the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability, and a report that talks about the national contact point. It is related to your point because it's a very complex area. You're now talking about securities legislation. We're talking about criminal responsibility. There are torts. We have Ian Binnie talking about the courts changing. Mr. Monge is talking about transparency.