Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. First, though, if you will allow me, perhaps I can answer the last question a little better. Did I have contact with the Canadian government? As the environment secretary, I did not have contact directly with the Canadian government, but there were demonstrations before th

Foreign Affairs committee  I will start with your first question on the legal part. I'm not a judge, I'm not part of the judiciary, so I cannot say whether Barrick complies with the law or not, but I can say that Barrick Gold has dozens of legal claims before the court right now. There are two claims aga

Foreign Affairs committee  I was not in touch directly with the Canadian government. I was in touch with the Chilean government, because it was a binational project and it was our counterpart during these operations.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, Mr. McKay. When President Néstor Kirchner, the former President of Argentina, requested that I join government as the Secretary of the Environment, he decided to put the Secretary of the Environment at the ministerial rank. He gave four times more budget than we'd had befo

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, members of Parliament. I'm honoured to have the opportunity to speak before the committee on a matter that greatly affects both Canada and Argentina. I speak before you today in two capacities, first as a former Secretary of the Environment o