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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.

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.

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Canadian churches launch national campaign
to reform the Export Development Corporation
(Oct. 4, 2000 – OTTAWA)  Members of the Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative (CEJI) concerned about the negative impact that EDC-supported projects have had on people and the environment, launched a campaign today to reform the Export Development Act, the statute governing the Export Development Corporation (EDC). 

Canadian mine strikes lode of unrest

The debate over the presence of a gold mine in Guatemala has resulted in a call for 'urgent action' by Amnesty International.

Kelly Patterson
The Ottawa Citizen
Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Violence over a Canadian gold mine is threatening the fragile peace in Guatemala, which is still reeling in the aftermath of its 36-year civil war.

Clashes over Glamis Gold Ltd.'s fledgling project 130 kilometres northwest of Guatemala City have escalated recently, with a car bombing and two killings.

Amnesty International issued a call for "urgent action" last week after three opponents of the mine received death threats. Anti-mining activists have in turn menaced Glamis staff, the company says.