Press Release - Friday, May 19, 2000

Coalition and Prominent Canadians call on Minister Pettigrew to legislate the Export Development Corporation to Protect People and the Environment
May 19, 2000
Ottawa - Minister Pettigrew failed to recommend changes to increase the Export Development Development Corporation's public transparency and accountability to internationally upheld standards, in his response to a Standing Committee report, "Reviewing the Export Development Act", presented to the House of Commons yesterday.

Press Responses : Friday, May 19, 2000

Liberals plan watchdog for EDC: Ombudsman would try to keep
controversial Crown corporation `accountable'
PUBLICATION The Ottawa Citizen
DATE Fri 19 May 2000 
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BYLINE Jack Aubry 
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The government is looking at establishing an ombudsman for the Export Development Corporation as part of an effort to improve the much-criticized Crown corporation's ``accountability, compliance and access to information.''

Press Responses : April 22, 2000

Ottawa Citizen, April 22 2000, A15
 
A day after the protests in Washington D.C., a senior Canadian official at the International Monetary Fund told me and the groups of activists that I was with, that he was not quite sure why we had protested. He felt the demonstrations lacked a coherent message and therefore, the institutions, both the IMF and the World Bank, did not know what to make of the mobilization.
 

Press Responses : Sunday, March 19, 2000

PUBLICATION The Ottawa Citizen
DATE Sun 19 Mar 2000
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SECTION/CATEGORY News
PAGE NUMBER A1 / Front
BYLINE Paul McKay

STORY LENGTH 1308

 
HEADLINE: `This is a race to the bottom': Crown agency spends billions secretly backing environmentally destructive projects others won't touch Export Development Corp. `will do anything,' critic says; EDC VP insists agency `routinely' turns down projects that are environmentally `risky'

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