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19 years 7 months ago.   Corporate accountability.   Canadian mine strikes lode of unrest The debate over the presence of a gold mine in Guatemala has resulted in a call for 'urgent action' by Amnesty International. Kelly Patterson The Ottawa Citizen Tuesday, April 26, 2005 Violence over a Canadian gold mine is threatening the fragile peace in Guatemala, which is still reeling in the aftermath of its 36-year civil war. Clashes over Glamis Gold Ltd.'s fledgling project 130 kilometres northwest of Guatemala City have escalated recently, with a car bombing and two killings. Amnesty International issued a call for "urgent action" last week after three opponents of the mine received death threats. Anti-mining activists have in turn menaced Glamis staff, the company says.   Read more ...
19 years 7 months ago.   .   PDF of Full Report available here Version Francaise PDF Executive Summary At the end of March annually, the Department of Finance releases its report to Parliament on the operations of the Bretton Woods institutions[1] and their relationship to Canadian priorities, commitments and interests. Canada is one of only a handful of countries that report to their legislative bodies on its activities at these institutions. The 2004 report provides some good background information on the history, mandate and operations of the institutions. It falls short, however, of providing the qualitative and quantitative information necessary to provide Canadians with an adequate picture of Canada's relations with them. As this report is, effectively, the only means by which Parliament and the public is officially informed of Canada's relations with these institutions, the lack of information creates a serious gap in public accountability and awareness.   Read more ...
19 years 7 months ago.   .   New Report to Parliament on Relations between Canada and the Bretton Woods Institutions Comes up Short Ottawa - On the eve of the annual spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC, the Halifax Initiative Coalition released a new report analyzing how the federal government publicly accounts to Canadians on its relations with these powerful multilateral institutions. Parliament is informed of the activities and operations of the Bretton Woods Institutions through the tabling of the annual report entitled the Report on the Operations Under the Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act, which is released annually at the end of March.   Read more ...
19 years 8 months ago.   .   PDF française English PDF Avril 2005 Participez à l’Appel pour l’annulation des dettes MAINTENANT! Il y a cinq ans, dans le cadre de la campagne du Jubilé sur la dette, les Églises canadiennes recueillaient plus de 640 000 signatures au bas d’une pétition demandant d’annuler les dettes extérieures des pays à faible revenu.   Read more ...
19 years 8 months ago.   .   This Report was prepared by the Sierra Legal Defense Fund on behalf of the Halifax Initiative Coalition. The Review looks at Export Development Canada's record on transparency in the context of the Access to Information Act, and national and international standards for transparency, and practice among other export credit agencies (ECAs) in terms of revealing project and environmental information.   Read more ...
19 years 8 months ago.   IFI policies and positions, Transparency and disclosure.   Wolfowitz Nomination - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? On March 31, the World Bank's Board unanimously appointed Paul Wolfowitz as the next President of the Bank. Mr. Wolfowitz is the US Deputy Secretary of Defense, and is often cited as the key architect and advocate behind the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Citing his role as Ambassador to the US Embassy in Indonesia, the State Department, and the Pentagon, US President George Bush said Wolfowitz would bring experience to the position of President both as a "skilled diplomat" and experienced manager.   Read more ...
19 years 8 months ago.   Transparency and disclosure.   March 29, 2005 The Honourable James Peterson Minister of International Trade 125 Sussex Drive Tower B, 5th Floor Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2 R.e.: Disclosure of information at Export Development Canada Dear Mr. Peterson I am writing you on behalf of the Halifax Initiative Coalition, a Coalition of development, environment, faith-based, human rights and labour groups, regarding Export Development Canada’s (EDC) disclosure policy.   Read more ...
19 years 8 months ago.   IFI governance, IFI reform.   March 29, 2005 The Right Honourable Paul Martin Prime Minister of Canada 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A2 RE: Canadian NGOs Call on Canada to Vote Against the US Nomination for Next World Bank President. Dear Prime Minister, We the undersigned organizations find Paul Wolfowitz to be an unsuitable candidate for the next president of the World Bank. We call on the Government of Canada to oppose the U.S. nomination and instruct the Executive Director, Marcel Mass', to vote against Mr. Wolfowitz's nomination.   Read more ...
19 years 8 months ago.   Government of Canada policies and positions, Transparency and disclosure.   Commercial Confidentiality Needlessly Trumps Transparency at Crown Corp, Report Finds Ottawa, March 29, 2005 'Export Development Canada (EDC) can play a more proactive role in shedding light on key environmental information for the projects it supports, while still balancing company demands for confidentiality, argues a new report by Sierra Legal Defense Fund. The report lays out a framework for enhancing access to information within the financial institution.   Read more ...
19 years 8 months ago.   Corporate accountability, Human rights.   Canadian mine in eye of storm; Protests bring moratorium on licences for extraction of gold and silver Celeste Mackenzie. Toronto Star, Mar 27, 2005. pg. A.14   Read more ...

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