Letter from EDC to HI Re: "Dirty Business, Dirty Practices" - July 16, 2007
July 16, 2007
June 22, 2007
The Right Hon. Stephen Harper
Prime Minister of Canada
312S Centre Block
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2
RE: Formally adopting and implementing full set of recommendations from recent Canadian CSR roundtable process.
Dear Prime Minister:
The Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) commends the Canadian government for addressing the issue of corporate social responsibility (CSR) during the G8 summit in early June. The CNCA is encouraged that particular emphasis was placed on the operations of mining, oil and gas companies.
September 10, 2007
Ms. Karyn Keenan and Mr. Denis Tougas
c/o The Halifax Initiative
153 Chapel Street
Ottawa Ontario
K1N 1H5
Dear Ms. Keenan and Mr. Tougas:
Thank you for your recent letter, dated June 8, which was faxed to us and posted on the Halifax Initiative Web site.
Mr. Eric Siegel
President and Chief Executive Officer
Export Development Canada
151 O’Connor St.
Ottawa, ON
K1A 1K3
June 8, 2007
Re: EDC workshop on socially responsible mining practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Dear Mr. Siegel,
We would like to thank Export Development Canada for including the Halifax Initiative Coalition and Entraide missionnaire in its recent multi-stakeholder workshop on “how to best support the mining industry in the DRC.” We were pleased to participate in this important discussion with representatives of the Canadian mining industry, Canadian government, consultants, international financial institutions and EDC, among others.
December 20 2007
Mr. John Mihevc
Chair, Halifax Initiative Coalition
153 Chapel Street
Ottawa, ON KIN 1H5
Dear Mr. Mihevc:
Thank you for your correspondence of January 31, 2007 outlining recommendations for our Annual Report to Parliament on Bretton Woods Institutions. Your feedback helps maintain the Department of Finance’s high standard for accountability in managing Canada’s relationship with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Paris, 20 April 2007
April 20, 2007
Samy Watson
Canadian Executive Director
MC-12-175, 1818 H St. N.W.