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Il y a 18 years 11 months.   Human rights.   October 13, 2005 The Right Honourable Paul Martin Prime Minister of Canada Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2   Read more ...
Il y a 18 years 11 months.   Corporate accountability, Domestic legislation, Human rights.   Prominent Canadians, in a letter to the Prime Minister today, called on the government to put a stop to human rights and environmental abuses by Canadian companies overseas.   Read more ...
Il y a 18 years 11 months.   IFI reform.   G8 Debt Proposal gains support at World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have advanced a plan for cancelling debts owed by 18 low-income countries, at their September 23-25, 2005 annual meetings. The plan, first proposed by the Group of 7 (G7) Finance Ministers last June and then ratified by G8 (G7 plus Russia) heads of government at their July Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, applies only to those countries that have graduated from the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative (See Issue Updates July and August 2005, respectively, for more). It would cover 100 % of their debts owed to the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA), the IMF and the African Development Bank's African Development Fund (AfDF).   Read more ...
Il y a 18 years 12 months.   .   World Bank, International Monetary Fund write off some debts Debt cancellation too late, for too few, but at last, not too little   Read more ...
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Il y a 19 years 1 day.   Environment.   New agreement for financing renewable technology a Trojan horse for environmental destruction, NGOs say   Read more ...
Il y a 19 years 1 week.   Corporate accountability, ECA Reform, EDC reform, EDC regulation, Environment, Government accountability, Government of Canada policies and positions, Transparency and disclosure.   Director Policy and Government Relations Export Development Canada (EDC) 151 O'Connor Street Ottawa, ON K1A 1K3 September 16, 2005   Read more ...
Il y a 19 years 1 week.   Poverty.   January 3, 2006 Mr. John Mihevc Chair Halifax Initiative Coalition Suite 104, 153 Chapel Street Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 1H5 Dear Mr. Mihevc: Thank you for your letter of September 12, 2005 regarding Canada's contributions to the global fight against poverty. I regret the delay of my reply. The United Nations Millennium +5 Summit and the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) were extremely important opportunities to secure commitments to advance international efforts toward poverty alleviation. Canada was very active in the lead-up to these events and Canadian officials worked hard to ensure that there was no erosion of existing international commitments in the United Nations Summit Outcome document. In this, I believe, we were largely successful.   Read more ...
Il y a 19 years 1 week.   .   For pdf click here. September 12, 2005   Read more ...

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