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21 years 6 months ago.   Human rights.   May 16, 2003 The Hon. Bill Graham Minister of Foreign Affairs Lester B. Pearson Building 125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON  K1A 0G2 Fax: (613) 996-3443 Dear Minister Graham: Thank you for your letter of March 17, in response to the human rights concerns we raised with regards to the Three Gorges Dam, and Canada’s involvement in the project through Export Development Canada. We also received a response from EDC. You are right to acknowledge the energy needs of the Chinese population, and to observe that relative to the total project budget of USD$24 billion, Canada contribution was minor. But this should not diminish the significance of the USD$165.5 million in financing that EDC provided, nor should it downplay the fact that as the first export credit agency to become involved in the project, EDC set an example for others to follow. Update on submergence   Read more ...
21 years 6 months ago.   Corporate accountability, Government accountability.   OTTAWA                 PLEASE QUOTE FILE # JW03-10488 May 15, 2003   Read more ...
21 years 6 months ago.   .   May 13, 2003 Mr. C.V.J. Varma President International Commission on Dams C/o CIGB - ICOLD Montréal 2003 75, boul. René-Lévesque West   Read more ...
21 years 6 months ago.   .   May 13, 2003 Mr. Ian Gillespie President and CEO Export Development Canada 151 O’Connor Ottawa, ON  K1A 1K3 Dear Mr. Gillespie: Re: Reporting out of the Compliance Officer in the EDC 2002 Annual report Yolanda Banks, Corporate Social Responsibility Advisor, kindly forwarded us two copies of Export Development Canada’s (EDC) 2002 Annual Report, which we read with great interest. We appreciate that this year a principal focus of EDC’s public policy objectives was to highlight the existence of its new Compliance Officer (CO) position and increase awareness of the position among different groups at EDC, and among corporations and civil society. The meetings you held and the disclosure of information on EDC’s web site helped realize this goal.   Read more ...
21 years 6 months ago.   IFI policies and positions.    Mr. Marcel Massé Executive Director for Canada   Read more ...
21 years 7 months ago.   Government of Canada policies and positions.   April 22nd, 2003   The Hon. David Anderson Minister of the Environment 10 Wellington Street Hull, QC   K1A 0H3 Fax: (819) 953-3457   Read more ...
21 years 7 months ago.   .   Marcel Massé Executive Director April 14, 2003 Ms. Robin Round Halifax Initiative 153 Chapel Street, Suite 104 Ottawa, Ontario Canada KIN lH5   Read more ...
21 years 8 months ago.   Human rights.   March 17, 2003 Mr. Fraser Reilly-King and Co-signatories NGO Working Group on the EDC Halifax Initiative 104-153 Chapel Street Ottawa, Ontario KIN 1H5 Dear Mr. Reilly-King and Co-signatories: Thank you for your e-mail and letters of January 17, 2003, with which you enclosed a copy of the report entitled Human Rights Dammed Off at Three Gorges, concerning the Three Gorges Hydroelectric Project in China. I am also replying on behalf of my colleague the Minister for International Trade, the Honourable Pierre S. Pettigrew. We have taken note of the allegations in your report and will continue to monitor developments. In its human rights dialogue with China, Canada works to promote improved governance and democratic development. We raise concerns about the human rights situation with the Chinese leadership at every available opportunity.   Read more ...
21 years 8 months ago.   Corporate accountability.   March 6th, 2003 Derek Pannell President and Chief Executive Officer Noranda Inc. 207 Queen’s Quay West, Suite 800 Toronto, ON  M5J 1A7 Fax: (416) 982-7423 Dear Mr. Panell: We are writing you to express our extreme disappointment at Noranda’s proposed aluminum smelter in the Aysén region of Chile, known to be one of the three least contaminated areas on the planet.   Read more ...
21 years 9 months ago.   .   “Addressing Unsustainable and Illegitimate Debt—Strategic Options for Civil Society”   Read more ...

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