International Trade committee  MiningWatch is an advocacy, investigation, and technical support organization based here in Ottawa. We provide support to mining-affected communities here in Canada and internationally.

International Trade committee  No, we're a group of five people who live and work here in Ottawa.

International Trade committee  Yes, we've carried out visits to Honduras. We have regular contact with partners in Honduras including human rights accompaniment organizations, local people who are working in Tegucigalpa-based organizations, and community leaders themselves.

International Trade committee  Those were reports from the person that were reported on by Honduran journalists who are highly regarded and who worked for COFADEH, the organization that Bertha Oliva testified for here on Tuesday. She also reiterated on Tuesday night when she presented at the University of Otta

International Trade committee  Thanks very much. Just to jump right in, I wanted to just ponder for a moment: what's the attraction of a bilateral agreement for a Canadian mining company considering investment or further investment in Honduras? Generally, this is to reduce risk for a company by locking in the

International Trade committee  I think if you go to the “about us” section, all our annual general reports are there. There are financial reports in that section.

International Trade committee  No, we don't work on oil or gas.

International Trade committee  Where Inmet is located is not within one of the designated administrative areas, which are known as comarcas in Panama. It is located in the area of a number of indigenous communities that are living effectively outside of one of these areas—here, we might say “off reserve”. They

International Trade committee  You might be referring to Cerro Colorado, which is located within the Ngöbe-Buglé comarca in western Panama, where a group of consultants have been working for a company called Corriente Resources. It's unclear if that's the company they've continued to work for, because it was b

International Trade committee  No, unfortunately, I don't. I don't see any incentive with this agreement to improve corporate behaviour within Panama. Rather it's a reinforcement of the status quo, which to date has not been very beneficial to indigenous peoples in Panama. They have suffered tremendous repress

International Trade committee  I was not around when those things were happening. I do know that we have referred to those as examples in different spaces and in different conversations.

International Trade committee  They are ones that my colleagues refer to and have guided me to, yes.

International Trade committee  There are 24 different organizations. The list is available on our website. We could run through all of those. Eighty percent of our funding comes from a wide range of foundations, as well as from some of our member organizations.

International Trade committee  I believe the 20% is from our member organizations and about 80% from different foundations.

International Trade committee  No, they're not all Canadian foundations.