Canada's National Contact Point

• Role of Canada's National Contact Point
• Contacting a National Contact Point
• List of Adhering Countries and their National Contact Points

Role of Canada's National Contact Point
All countries adhering to the Guidelines are required to establish a National Contact Point (NCP). The role of the NCPs is to ensure the effective implementation and promotion of the Guidelines. The NCPs are expected to operate in accordance with the core criteria of visibility, accessibility, transparency and accountability.

The Canadian NCP is an interdepartmental committee with representatives from a number of federal government departments. These departments include Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Industry Canada, Human Resources and Social Development Canada, Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, the Department of Finance and the Canadian International Development Agency.

Canada's NCP is the domestic focal point for all matters related to the Guidelines. Its main responsibilities are:

1. promotion of the Guidelines in Canada;
2. responding to inquiries;
3. contributing to the resolution of issues related to the Guidelines;
4. cooperating with other NCPs;
5. reporting annually to the OECD on its activities.

Please see our brochure Canada and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. (PDF) : (Spanish version of the brochure)

Contacting a National Contact Point
Questions, comments and views about the Guidelines or the NCP are welcomed from all interested parties. The coordinates for the Canadian NCP are provided below.

If you wish to raise a matter concerning corporate behaviour in relation to the Guidelines, it should be raised with the NCP in the country where the issue originated. If the country in question does not adhere to the Guidelines and therefore does not have a NCP, the matter may be raised with the NCP of the country where the MNE is based.

Please bear in mind that, given the global and often complex structural and operational nature of many MNEs, it is not always clear which particular part of a MNE is responsible for any specific activity. This is important to ascertain, as it will determine which NCP will deal with any specific issue.

Please see the paper, The Role of the National Contact Point in Helping to Resolve Issues, for more on the Canadian NCP's approach for handling issues that may arise. Your comments are welcome.

Canada's NCP can be contacted at:

List of Adhering Countries and their NCPs

OECD Members

Non-OECD Members

Contacts for the NCPs of the adhering countries can be obtained on the OECD website.