Foreign Affairs committee  In many situations, what you find is that there's a consortium. It's normally an international consortium. For example, in Burma, the consortium was made up of French, U.S., Burmese, and Thai companies. So the entire consortium has its own responsibility and the reporting looked

Foreign Affairs committee  On the question of other extractive industries, certainly it's not just Canadian companies. There are other companies around the world that have been involved in such abuses. I've investigated these in South Africa and Burma and I've spent extensive time looking at that issue.

Foreign Affairs committee  I think that fundamentally Bill C-300 sets up a regime that companies should actually be used to. They're used to a regime that has a collaborative approach at the beginning, as Mr. McKay pointed out. Then you'll have some sort of complaint mechanism on the back end when things g

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, of course. I saw that.

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, I believe that the standards here do in fact provide the preciseness that we need. Would that precision...? For example, the code of conduct asks who would fall within the jurisdiction and the basic principles provide that as well. In the context of the Porgera mine, we're

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. McKay. The belief that Canadian companies can't be trusted I think is an overstatement, and it oversimplifies the situation here. I think that Canadian companies, in fact, with guidance from international law and human rights, would be better ambassadors internati

Foreign Affairs committee  Second, Mr. Chair, in its testimony, Barrick stated in regard to the police that “There has never been restricted access to the mine site”, and that our October 2009 testimony that police “indicated that their investigative efforts have been hampered by PJV security” is “simply u

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, that's what we're going to do. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks to the committee for having us back. My name is Tyler Giannini. I am a lecturer on law at Harvard Law School and the clinical director of the human rights program. I am joined by Ms. Sarah Knuckey from NYU,

Foreign Affairs committee  Perhaps I can start.

Foreign Affairs committee  I think the best outcome in this situation would be if the PNG government, the police authorities, and the judiciary there were pursuing the remedies there. I think that would be the existing flu vaccine if we had it, but that hasn't been effective, so this is a step in the right

Foreign Affairs committee  The investigation has been ongoing for three years. We anticipate doing a fuller legal brief for submission to this committee. We were given fairly short notice for appearing today. We anticipate providing further information, with details. So far, our only submission is what w

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. First, I think I would answer that by saying that the review of a situation, such as what was going on in PNG, is an important first step. That review of the process will hopefully bring additional information to light from all the actors. Information

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and committee members, for giving us the opportunity to speak before you today. My name is Tyler Giannini, and I head the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School. I'm joined today by Ms. Sarah Knuckey of the Center for Human Right