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Who We Are

The Halifax Initiative Coalition (HI), and many of its members, are part of the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA). However, while the CNCA is temporarily being housed at HI throughout 2006-2007 (both on our web site, and with some office space for the Coordinator), 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

Inter Pares

KAIROS - Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives

MiningWatch Canada

North South Institute

Rights & Democracy

Steelworkers Humanity Fund

United Church of Canada

The Halifax Initiative

The Halifax Initiative is a Canadian coalition of development, environment, faith-based, human rights and labour groups.

Our goal is to fundamentally transform the international financial system and its institutions, namely the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and export credit agencies.

By doing so, we hope to achieve poverty eradication, environmental sustainability and the full realization of human rights.

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