Third time's the charm.
We know that mining companies have behaved atrociously in Ecuador, as in a number of countries in Latin American and elsewhere around the world. Many are arming their security personnel, which leads to clashes between the security personnel of these mining companies and the local, often indigenous, communities. We talked about this earlier.
How can we make sure that there will be effective due diligence measures in place to monitor the behaviour of Canadian mining companies?
We know—and the Ecuadorian ambassador said as much—that this agreement will develop the mining industry. However, with mining projects, there can be local push-back. The mining companies like to go in heavy-handed, so to speak.
What guarantee is there that Canadian companies will respect human rights under this agreement?