Foreign Affairs committee  It's a great question. I'll tell you simply this. As Jim has just said, I'm also very proud to work for this law firm, Fasken Martineau. I think, by the way, that it's the best law firm in the country—excuse me for this—but when approached by my colleagues to come here today, I

Foreign Affairs committee  It's a very good point. Let me try to run you through the process of what would happen today. If a serious complaint were made to the minister's office, whether the Minister of International Trade or the Minister of Foreign Affairs, what would the minister do today? He would tur

Foreign Affairs committee  I would like to supplement Michael Bourassa's answer. Ms. Deschamps, you are right to raise the issue of the accountability of big mining companies. They should be held to account for what they do, and they should be perfect in terms of their corporate social responsibility. But

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Michael. In addition to some of the concerns just noted by Michael Bourassa, this bill would also place an investigative burden, a huge one, on the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of International Trade, a burden that could create severe financi

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, distinguished members of the committee, it is a pleasure to appear again before this committee. This is the first time since I left the public service in 2003. Here are a few comments on the subject on the order of the day. Like other witnesses already said, Canadian