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Canada in the World: Canadian International Policy
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The National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility
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The Government of Canada, led by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, is holding a series of national roundtables in order to discuss issues of Corporate Social Responsibility in the mining, oil and gas sectors and their operations in developing countries. 

The objective of these Roundtables will be to examine measures that could be taken to position Canadian extractive sector companies operating in developing countries to meet or exceed leading international Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) standards and best practices.  Interested individuals and organizations are encouraged to participate in the public forum.

 Register Online Here

For more information, please contact:


  Department of Foreign Affairs:  Sabrina Ramzi at (613) 943-6498 or Email:  Sabrina.Ramzi@international.gc.ca

 

  Civil Society Focal Point:  Canadian Network for Corporate Accountability, Andrea Botto at (613) 789-9368  or Email:  cnca@halifaxinitiative.org

 

  Mining Industry Focal Point:  Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, Tony Andrews at (416) 362-1969 or Emailaandrews@pdac.ca 

 

  Dates and locations of upcoming roundtables 


 Vancouver: June 14-15
        -
Agenda | PDF format
        - Powerpoint Presentation

        - Vancouver Roundtable Meeting Summary

 

See Written Submissions to the Vancouver Roundtable:
             - Canadian Tibet Committee (Anita Couvrette)
             - Kevin Gould Comments
             - BCCHRP Brief

             - United Steelworkers Union - District 3

             - Rights and Democracy (Diana Bronson)

             - Amnesty International Canada

             - CAW 2301

             - See the Canadian Centre for the Study of Resource Conflict, "CSR Policy in the Canadian Extractive Sector'.

 Toronto: September 12-13-14
        - Agenda

        - Toronto Roundtable Meeting Summary

 

See Written Submissions to the Toronto Roundtable:

              - The Ethical Funds Company

              - Social Investment Organization

              - African Civil Society Organizations

              - Alcant in India

              - Development and Peace

              - Ethical Trading Action Group

              - Canada Tibet Committee (Toronto Branch)

              - Hevina Dashwood

              - KAIROS

              - Nadim Kara

              - United Steelworkers

              - Wesley Cragg

              - Marcobre S.A.C.

              - Caiteur Group

              - UNICEF Canada

              - Friends of the Earth Canada

              - Sara Seck

              - United Church of Canada (Omega Bula)

              - Corporate Knights

              - Philippine Network for Justice and Peace

              - Christian Peacemaker Teams Colombia

              - Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque

              - World Economic Justice

              - Barrick Gold

              - Jose Antonio Urrutia

              - Canadian Friends of Burma

 

Comments:

              - Richard Janes

 

View the Final Report by the Canadian Centre for the Study of Resource Conflict:

              "Corporate Social Responsibility & the Canadian International Extractive Sector: A Survey"



 Calgary:  October 10-11-12

        - Agenda

        - Calgary Roundtable Meeting Summary

 

See Written Submissions to the Calgary Roundtable:

               - Svetlana Tikhomirova

               - Dina Aloi

               - TVI Pacific

               - Patrick Wilson

               - Cameco

               - David Wilson

               - Canadian Council on Africa

               - Dr. Eva Zaleski

               - Freedom Quest International

               - KAIROS (Ian Thomson)

               - KAIROS (Calgary)

               - Alberta Federation of Labour

 

View brief prepared by members of the Foreign Policy Practium (Faculty of Law - Common Law Section, University of Ottawa):

             "Canada's Extractive Industry Ombudsperson"

 

View submission by the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA):

             "Debunking the Myths on the Feasibility of CSR Regulatory Reform in Canada"

 

View submission prepared by Appleton & Associates:

             "Legal Memorandum on International Law and CSR Regulation"

 

View submission by Craig Forcese:

             "Response to PDAC Opinion on Extraterritorial Regulation prepared by Appleton & Associates"

 

          
 Montreal: November 14-15-16

         - Agenda

 

See presentation by Dr. John Ruggie,

UN Special Representative on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business entreprises

 

See Written Submissions to the Montreal Roundtable:

                - Matt McBurney

                - Amanda Quiche

                - Amerindian Peoples Association (Guyana)

                - Amnistie internationale                

                - Asia-Pacific Working Group

                - Canada Tibet Committee

                - Carol Odell and Ana Carolina Silva

                - CAW Canada and CAW Local 598

                            - "Appendix II"

                            - "Appendix III"

                - Chanda Tannis and Michael Leach

                - Christian Peacemaker Teams

                - CorpWatch

                - Eugen Melinte

                - Rev. Ernest Schibli

                - Emily Wilson

                - The Ethical Funds Company

                - Fodé-Moussa Keita

                - François Décary

                - Rev. Dr. Faye Wakeling

                - Gisèle Belem

                - Gloria Pereira

                - Guillaume Fleury

                - GRAMA

                - Hermes Equity Ownership Services Ltd

                - ICMM

                - Inda Fatinaware

                - Isabel Orellana

                - Jean-Louis Roy

                - Juan Carlos Chirgwin

                - Jérôme Leblanc

                - Jim Rader

                - John van Mossel

                - KAIROS

                - Kent Elson

                - Laura Lopez

                - L'Entraide missionnaire

                - Lise Parent

                - Marc-André Anzueto

                - Marie-Dominik Langlois

                - MiningWatch Canada

                - Non à Pascua-Lama Montréal

                - Orezone Resources Inc

                - Pacific Rim Mining Corp.

                - Peace Brigades International (part A)

                         - part B

                - Philippe Le Billon and Kathryn Hill

                - Ramsey Hart

                - Suzanne Fish

                - SHARE

                - Students for a Free Tibet Canada

                - Solidarité Union Coopération (SUCO)

                - Tracy Glynn

                - Umuchinshi Initiative

                - Werima Mananta

 

   Related Links


Industry Canada

 Corporate Social Responsibility

 

International Trade Canada

 Corporate Social Responsibility

 CSR Activity in Canada

 

Natural Resources Canada

 Energy Policy Sector

 The Minerals and Metals Sector Website

 The Catalogue of Social Practices in the Canadian Minerals and Metals Industry

 The Inventory of Mining Industry Practices to Conserve Wildlife and Habitat in Canada

 The Social Dimension of Sustainable Development and the Mining Industry, Discussion Paper

 

Natural Resources Canada International Portal

 Current Priorities and Highlights

 

Environment Canada

 Main page

 Corporate Environmental Innovation 

Department of Justice Canada

 Fact Sheet on Corporate Criminal Liability

 

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

 Northern Affairs Program: Mines and Minerals

 

SCFAIT
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 Government response

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The final deadline for written submissions is November 17.