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.