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Il y a 17 years 3 months. Human rights. PDF Poster
When: 7:00 - 9:00 pm, Wednesday, May 30th , 2007 .
Where: Christ Church Cathedral Hall, 420 Sparks Street, Ottawa.
What: Dirty Waters - Regulating Canadian Mining Companies overseas
Theme: What should our government do to prevent Canadian companies from committing environmental and human rights abuses overseas?
Speakers: Maria Alvarado of Cerro de San Pedro, Mexico, Joan Carling of the Phillipines and Thabo Madihlabai of South Africa
Karyn Keenan of the Halifax Initiative will moderate on behalf of the Canadian Network for Corporate Accountability & KAIROS
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Il y a 17 years 3 months. Human rights. Churches push for industry ethics rules
Canadians often 'the bad guys' in overseas mining operations
Kelly Patterson
The Ottawa Citizen
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Some of Canada's most powerful church leaders are demanding the government take action to ensure Canadian mining and oil firms behave ethically in their overseas operations.
"This is a fundamental ethical issue," says Roger Ebacher, archbishop of Gatineau.
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Il y a 17 years 4 months. Government accountability, Government of Canada policies and positions. 2007FIN210877
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.
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Il y a 17 years 4 months. Government accountability. Canada's Mining Companies: It's the Government's Turn
Embassy Magazine Editorial -
http://www.embassymag.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2007/may/23
An investment newsletter offers the advice that there are still vast profits to be made from extraction investment in the Toronto Stock Exchange "because more and more mining companies are heading to Canada."
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Il y a 17 years 4 months. IFI accountability, Transparency and disclosure. May 22, 2007
The Honourable James Flaherty
Minister of Finance
Department of Finance Canada
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Il y a 17 years 4 months. IFI governance. May 15, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Urgent Recommendation to World Bank and IMF Executive Directors on the Leadership Selection Reform at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund is backed by 170 signatures!
Contact: Jo Marie Griesgraber ♦ (202) 277-9390 ♦ jgriesgraber@new-rules.org
Colin Bradford ♦ (301) 580-9132 ♦ CBRADFORD@brookings.edu
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Il y a 17 years 4 months. Government accountability, Government of Canada policies and positions, Human rights. The Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) commends the G8 for addressing the issue of corporate social responsibility (CSR) during its summit last week. The CNCA is encouraged that p Read more ...
Il y a 17 years 4 months. Government of Canada policies and positions, Transparency and disclosure. Wolfowitz & World Bank in the spotlight over scandal
While the World Bank's executive directors have yet to make a decision on the future of president Paul Wolfowitz, calls for the former U.S. deputy defence secretary’s resignation are gaining momentum. The Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), which assesses the degree to which the Bank's work meets its stated objectives, issued a formal statement described by the Financial Times as a “searing indictment of Paul Wolfowitz's leadership.”
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Il y a 17 years 4 months. . NOUVELLES RÉCENTES concernant LES INSTITUTIONS FINANCIÈRES INTERNATIONALES
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