Who we are
The Halifax Initiative Coalition (HI), and many of its members, are part of the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA). However, CNCA and HI are not synonymous. We have different memberships and mandates.

The Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) is calling for the Canadian Government to move beyond corporate social responsibility measures that are strictly voluntary. The Government must regulate practices of Canadian extractive companies operating overseas. Non-governmental organizations, churches, trade unions and other civil society organizations concerned with the detrimental human rights and environmental impacts of Canadian extractive industries have joined this network.

Members include:

• Amnesty International Canada
• Africa-Canada Forum
• Asia Pacific Working Group
• Americas Policy Group
• Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC)
• Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
• Canada Tibet Committee
• CAW-Canada
• Development and Peace
• Entraide Missionnaire
• Friends of the Earth (Canada)
• GlobalAware Canada
  
• Halifax Initiative Coalition (HI)
• International Criminal Defence Attorneys Association (Advisory Member)
• Inter Pares
• KAIROS - Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
• Mennonite Central Committee Canada
• MiningWatch Canada
• North South Institute
  
• Social Justice Committee
• Steelworkers Humanity Fund
• United Church of Canada

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What we want
The Canadian government must:

• Require Canadian companies operating internationally to meet defined corporate social responsibility, human rights and environmental standards, as a precondition for both financial and political assistance.
• Develop legislation to hold Canadian companies and their directors accountable in Canada when found complicit in human rights abuses and environmental destruction abroad.
• Develop robust Canadian-based monitoring, verification and compliance mechanisms to ensure that Canadian companies operating internationally meet these standards.
• Promote the inclusion of human rights standards in World Bank policies and condition private sector lending on compliance with international human rights.

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Contact Us
Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA)
153 rue Chapel Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 1H5

Telephone: (613) 789-9368
Fax: (613) 241-4170

Coordinator: Vacant
Email us: cnca (at) halifaxinitiative.org