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Il y a 13 years 11 months. Corporate accountability, Domestic legislation, Government accountability, IFI accountability, Tax Justice.
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Il y a 13 years 11 months. . Le projet de loi C-300: Une défaite serrée malgré un large soutien à la responsabilité sociale des entreprises minières et aux droits humains
Ottawa, le 28 octobre 2010 - Le Réseau canadien sur la reddition de comptes des entreprises (RCRCE) regrette profondément la défaite du projet de loi privé C-300 sur l’exploitation minière responsable, à sa troisième et dernière lecture à la Chambre des communes hier. Le projet de loi a perdu par une marge étroite de 140 votes à 134.
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Il y a 13 years 11 months. Corporate accountability, Domestic legislation, EDC regulation, Government accountability, Human rights.
Bill C-300: Narrow Defeat despite Widespread Support for Mining Accountability and Human Rights
Ottawa, October 28th, 2010 - The Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) deeply regrets the defeat of Private Member’s Bill C-300, The Responsible Mining Bill, at third and final reading in the House of Commons. The Bill lost by a narrow margin of 140 to 134.
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Il y a 13 years 11 months. . Le nouveau mécanisme de règlement des plaintes sans mordant du gouvernement met en évidence la nécessité de la Loi C-300 sur la responsabilité sociale des entreprises minières
Ottawa, 26 octobre 2010 – À une journée du troisième et dernier vote du projet de loi C-300 à la Chambre des Communes, le gouvernement a procédé au lancement de son Processus de révision des plaintes, un mécanisme visant à résoudre les différents par lequel la Conseillère en responsabilité sociale de l’industrie extractive propose ses services de médiation entre les communautés affectées et les compagnies minières, pétrolières ou gazières canadiennes.
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Il y a 13 years 11 months. Corporate accountability. Government’s new Toothless Review Mechanism Underlines why Responsible Mining Bill C-300 is Necessary
Ottawa, October 26, 2010 – One day before the third and final vote in the House of Commons on Bill C-300, the government has launched its Review Process, a dispute resolution mechanism whereby the Extractive Sector Corporate Social Responsibility Counsellor proposes to mediate between aggrieved communities and Canadian mining, oil, and gas companies.
Significant deficiencies render this mechanism inadequate to resolve serious community grievances: the dispute mechanism is voluntary in nature, lacks a transparent fact-finding function and will lead to neither recommendations to government nor to sanctions. Consequently, Bill C-300 remains an important piece of legislation.
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Il y a 13 years 11 months. Government of Canada policies and positions, Tax Justice. To sign on to this letter, send the name of the organization and country in which it is based by 5PM Washington DC time on November 3rd to Amy Gray: amy@campaignforeducation.org
International Civil Society Statement to the G-20 Leaders Summit in Seoul
We, the undersigned civil society organizations from 32 countries, urge G-20 leaders to make concrete progress towards the introduction of an internationally coordinated financial transactions tax (FTT) at the upcoming summit in Seoul.
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Il y a 14 years 3 weeks. . Les taxes sur les transactions financières sont possibles
Le 16 juillet dernier, le Groupe de travail sur les financements innovants pour le développement, une organisation intergouvernementale rassemblant 55 États membres, a publié un rapport déclarant qu’il était possible de taxer les transactions financières. Ce rapport, commandé par 12 des 55 États membres, a été élaboré par une équipe d’experts financiers internationaux qui s’est concentrée sur les transactions des marchés des changes. Selon le rapport, étant donné que les transactions de devises entre les banques sont traitées grâce à des systèmes internationaux de haute sécurité qui encaissent des frais de transaction sur le change interbancaire, il serait relativement facile de mettre en place dans ce système une taxe sur les transactions des marchés des changes.
Le rapport calcule aussi que l’introduction d’une taxe minime sur les opérations de change de 0,005 % génèrerait 33 milliards de dollars par an et pourrait servir à financer les activités de développement telles que l’élimination de la pauvreté et le développement durable.
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Il y a 14 years 1 month. Corporate accountability, Domestic legislation, EDC regulation, Government accountability, Government of Canada policies and positions, Human rights. The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) recently devoted an edition of its magazine Report on the Americas to Canadian foreign policy in Latin America. The Canadian edition features an article by HI's Program Officer on Canadian mining investment in the region. The article describes recent efforts to reform domestic policy and law regarding the overseas operations of Canadian extractive companies. It focuses on current initiatives that seek to create accountability mechanisms for several government agencies that facilitate Canadian mining, oil and gas investments in the global South.
To read the article click here.
To access the article in Spanish click here.
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Il y a 14 years 1 month. Corporate accountability, Environment, Government accountability, Human rights, IFI accountability, IFI governance, IFI policies and positions, Transparency and disclosure.
COMMENTS ON IFC’S CONSULTATION DRAFTS OF THE IFC SUSTAINABILITY POLICY AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND DISCLOSURE POLICY
AUGUST 27, 2010
General Observations
The undersigned civil society organizations believe the latest drafts of the Sustainability Policy, Performance Standards, and Disclosure Policy respond usefully to some issues raised previously by many civil society organizations, including, for example, several issues related to gender, resettlement, and climate change. Many of our most significant concerns, however, remain unaddressed, including centrally important issues related to due diligence, transparency, and accountability, and other issues related to substantive concerns.
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Il y a 14 years 1 month. Corporate accountability, ECA Reform, EDC reform, EDC regulation, Government accountability, Human rights, Tax Justice. Financial Transaction Tax feasible, says report Read more ...