Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I said earlier, with more strategically targeted development assistance, as a byproduct of our supporting revenue- or resource-rich states, we also want to help Canadian investors in mining. I think it's important that we think about the win/win. In othe

Foreign Affairs committee  It may or it may not. I think the absence.... What you don't want is a situation where they can point to Canada, for example, or to other G-8 countries, and say “We're going to follow their example”. In other words, if there is no legislation—and that's why we welcome this legi

Foreign Affairs committee  Why don't you go, and I'll jump in after you, if that's okay with the chairman?

Foreign Affairs committee  I agree with Janet's remarks. We do welcome this. We think this is a very important step forward, both the amendments to the bill—with the provisos mentioned by Michael—and this announcement by the Prime Minister. As I said in my presentation, transparency and accountability ar

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you and other members for inviting the NSI to comment on the proposed amendments to this bill. It's an honour for the institute, Canada's oldest independent development think-tank—and, I might add, ranked for the past two years as the wor