Canada's Export Development Corporation: Financing Disaster - November 11, 1999
In 1999, Amnesty International raised alarms about the killing of four indigenous peopl
Submission to the SCFAIT Hearings on Bill C-31 on the Export Development Act (October 2001)
NGO Working Group
on the Export Development Corporation
A working group of the Halifax Initiative
Background paper
for the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade Hearings on Bill C-31 on the Export Development Act
October 15, 2001
The NGO Working Group on the Export Development Corporation is a coalition of 17 Canadian non-governmental organisations concerned about the social, human and environmental impacts of export credit agencies. The NGO Working Group has been participating fully in the legislative process on the Export Development Act since 1999, including the SCFAIT hearings in 1999, the public consultations on the EDC’s disclosure policy and environmental review framework, and the international campaign to reform export credit agencies which has focused on the OECD’s Export Credit Guarantees process.
Halifax Initiative submission to EDC Disclosure Consultations - June 4, 2003
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Submission
Appendix A
Halifax Initiative submission to EDC Disclosure Consultations - June 4, 2003
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Submission
Appendix A
Halifax Initiative Statement on the FTAA - June 11, 2003
The World Bank, the IMF and FTAA
Halifax Initiative Statement on the FTAA
Halifax Initiative Statement on the FTAA - June 11, 2003
The World Bank, the IMF and FTAA
Halifax Initiative Statement on the FTAA
Comments on Bank Operational Policy on Indigenous Peoples - February 28, 2005
February 28, 2005
Indigenous Peoples Coordinator
Mailstop MC5-523
World Bank
1818 H Street
NW Washington DC 20433 USA
Email: indigenouspeoples@worldbank.org
RE: Comments on Revised Draft Operational Policy on Indigenous Peoples (Revised Draft OP 4.10)
Dear Indigenous Peoples Coordinator,
Please find below our comments on the Draft Operational Policy on Indigenous Peoples (Revised Draft OP 4.10).
We the undersigned Canadian organizations and representatives are writing to highlight the need for the World Bank to strengthen its draft OP 4.10 in order to ensure that the policy sufficiently meets international standards and guarantees on the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
In our opinion, for the operational policy to be seen to be credible and effective it must contain mandatory provisions that:
CSO Common Statement on the Norwegian Conference on Conditionality - November 24, 2006
28-29 November, Oslo
CSO Common Statement on the Norwegian Conference on Conditionality - November 24, 2006
28-29 November, Oslo
Comments to Finance on its consultation under the Official Development Assistance (ODA) Accountability Act - December 22, 2008
December 22, 2008
The Honourable James Flaherty
Minister of Finance
Department of Finance Canada
140 O’Connor Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0G5
Dear Minister Flaherty:
Re: 2008 consultation with respect to the “Official Development Assistance Accountability Act”