Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Sure. Again, we haven't carried out any studies on this specifically. All I can say is that obviously there are always two sides to every issue. These are not easy environments to operate in, as Mr. Pesce has alluded to. Also, community groups are not homogenous by any means a

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Was that directed to the OECD?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'm happy to. We have looked into some of this already. I don't have direct evidence to quote to you, but I'm happy to point you in the right direction. Indeed, doing things responsibly is good for business. That is clearly our finding. It will help to protect the security of m

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, of course, there's no doubt that the extraction and trade of natural resources can be a great source of wealth and development, revenues for government—much-needed revenues in many of these countries—and of course, a source of jobs. The artisanal and small-scale mining secto

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  If I may add, in respect to the unique Canadian way, with the national contact point, of attaching some sort of sanction for failure to come to the table, that has actually been used successfully with regard to a Chinese state-owned gold mining company registered on the Toronto S

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much. Indeed, in our evidence, but particularly in central Africa, we see that women tend to be impacted more in mining operations and also in supply chains of minerals than men. We have done some research into that. This is particularly prevalent in the artisanal

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  We do not have a specific tool or standard only on gender issues, but I would say there is substantive amounts of information on how to do due diligence through a gender lens on supply chains as well as through community engagement practices. We have two standards. I'll hold th

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I know we don't have a lot of time, so I will try to keep this very brief. I'm going to focus on our work on responsible mineral supply chains. We have a specific instrument outlining due diligence expectations for companies throughout the entire mineral supply chain, from the m

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. It's an honour to be addressing your subcommittee today. My name is Tyler Gillard. I'm joined by my colleague Kathryn Dovey. We work in the responsible business conduct unit that serves 48 governments of the working party on responsible business c