Foreign Affairs committee  I think it works the same way everywhere.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you.

Foreign Affairs committee  I have volunteered and would volunteer in any forum put before me. I did visit with the Canadian embassy in El Salvador and the American embassy. I've kept everybody informed as to what was going on. I've kept the Government of El Salvador officials informed as to what's going o

Foreign Affairs committee  I feel out of place. I came in at the end of the game, at the end of the movie. I really haven't followed this legislation. I have so many things to do that it's just not on my radar screen. I frankly work way too much at this point, and maybe I'm wrong for not paying more attent

Foreign Affairs committee  No.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm not opposed to oversight or Canada's having legal teeth, and I don't have any problem with a bill that would accomplish this. But my understanding of the bill is that it provides too much power to.... I would be afraid of the irresponsible NGOs that might want to use this bil

Foreign Affairs committee  I don't have the answer. Sorry. I only know how it is in the field. I am not opposed to regulation. We need regulation for business, industry, government, and NGOs. I think everybody has to have some form of oversight. I am not familiar with all the details of this bill. The thin

Foreign Affairs committee  First of all, let me backtrack a little bit on your statement. We are not just throwing our hands up and walking away. We are in the process of international arbitration at the World Bank through ICSID in a CAFTA filing, which started last week. I was in Washington, D.C., last we

Foreign Affairs committee  We have not rolled over and accepted all of this. We have filed charges against some of the perpetrators. We have gone to the Government of El Salvador. I've worked closely with the American embassy over the last five years and kept in constant contact with them. So we haven't ro

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. Members of the committee, thank you for the invitation to appear. I'm the president and CEO of Pacific Rim Mining Corporation. My purpose in coming here today is to set the record straight on a very disturbing and fictitious allegation made here in a prior committee