Foreign Affairs committee  Well, on this last point, no one is talking about the Canadian government overriding the sovereign responsibility of any country. The idea is--

Foreign Affairs committee  No. If we're talking about company employees and security guards and state security forces--those who are deployed to protect the company--committing serious abuses, the idea is not that a Canadian company should build a prison and throw into it all those who are guilty of these

Foreign Affairs committee  I think the example of the Barrick mine at Porgera in Papua New Guinea is very relevant to this discussion, because it is actually an example of a situation in which there is no real regulatory framework being applied, given the failure by the government of Papua New Guinea to ap

Foreign Affairs committee  My name is Chris Albin-Lackey. I'm a senior researcher with Human Rights Watch. We investigate and document serious patterns of human rights abuse in more than 80 countries around the world. Less than two weeks ago, I returned from a month-long visit to Papua New Guinea. I trave