Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you to the committee for inviting me. My name is Todd Gordon and I am an assistant professor of contemporary studies at Laurier University in Brantford. My background is in political science and political economy. My research is focused on Canada's political economic relations with the global south on the increasing penetration of Canadian multinational corporations into the south, the social and ecological impacts of Canadian foreign investment, the response of communities in the south to this investment, and how Canadian foreign policy toward the south is framed by this dynamic.