http://www.northernminer.com/article.asp?id=67156&issue=03292007&ref=rss
Industry, NGOs agree on good practices for Canadian miners abroad
Concluding a 10-month process that saw input from NGOs, mining, oil and gas companies and academia, a report released today outlines a raft of recommendations that aim to address concerns over the social and environmental effects of resource extraction by Canadian companies in the developing world.
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Ms. Melanie Quevillon
Coordinator
NGO Working Group on the EDC
153 Chapel Street, Suite 104
Ottawa, ON K1N 1H5
Dear Ms. Quevillon
Thank you for your letter of May 9, 2002, in which you expressed concern about the involvement of Export Development Canada (EDC) in the Ralco Hydroelectric Dam project in Chile.
NGOs welcome changes to policies at Export Development Canada - Implementation still a concern
Rights award calls attention to the plight of abducted -There are more than 40,000 'disappeared' in more than 50 countries, the UN reports
By MARINA JIMENEZ
http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=30424
Report aims to make Canada global leader of overseas practices
According to a report, Canada could become a global leader of good overseas practices if it follows the recommendations of the Corporate Social Responsibility Advisory Group.
January 17, 2003
The Honourable Pierre Pettigrew
Minister of International Trade
125 Sussex Drive
Tower B, 5th Floor
Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2
Fax: (613) 944-2509/0455
cc. The Honourable Bill Graham
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ottawa
Mr. Ian Gillespie
President and CEO, Export Development Canada
Ottawa
Re: Human rights violations in the Three Gorges Project
Dear Minister Pettigrew:
We would like to bring to your attention the massive human rights violations entailed in the resettlement program for the Three Gorges Project in China. Canada is involved in this project through export credit guarantees granted by Export Development Canada.