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9th September 2006, 00:17
Volunteers needed for public action! Also public event at OISE Monday September 11th
Along with a wide group of Toronto Civil Society Groups, GlobalAware needs your help! We are trying to persuade the Government to regulate Canadian mining, oil and gas companies overseas and you can help. We need volunteers for a human billboard action that includes walking with our mobile photo exhibit as well as distributing flyers and enabling petition sign ups.
Monday, September 11, 5:30 6:30pm
In front of OISE building, 252 Bloor Street West
Tuesday, September 12, 5:00 6:00pm
In front of Radisson Hotel, 249 Queens Quay West
Wednesday, September 13, 5:30 6:30 pm
In front of the Centre for Social Justice, 489 College Street
If you can participate please send an email and let me know!!
[email protected] Otherwise you should also checkout the event on
Monday!! Free films, photo exhibit and a panel discussion; details and lots of further information follow.
Free Event- Monday September 11, 2006
1:00 pm to 9 pm
OISE / University of Toronto
Rooms 2-213 and 2-214
Ontario Institute in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West, near St. George subway stop For more info: Bern Jagunos 416-231-7680 ext 4077 or Jim Davis 416-463-5312 ext 238
MANDATORY NOT VOLUNTARY
REGULATE CANADIAN MINING, OIL AND GAS COMPANIES OVERSEAS Parallel events to roundtable on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Sector
GlobalAware Photo Exhibit Room 2-213 1pm to 6pm Canadian mining oil and
gas operations in Ecuador, Ghana, Peru, Philippines and Venezuela
Screening of Short Documentary Films Room 2-213 2pm to 6;30 pm 2:00 pm -
Sipakapa No se Vende/Sipakapa is Not for Sale (60 min, Glamis Gold,
Guatemala) 3:10 pm - All That Glitters (28 min, TVI Pacific in the
Philippines) 4:00 pm - U.A.I.L. Go Back (22 min. Alcan in India) 4:40 pm -
Between Midnight and the Roosters Crow (60 min, EnCana Corp. in Ecuador)
5:50 pm - Dongo Kundu (20 Min, Tiomin Resources in Kenya) 6:20 pm - Gold,
Gold Look who is Benefiting (20 min, Bonte Gold Mines, Folden Star
Resources in Ghana)
Presentation and Discussion with Featured Speakers Room 2-214 6:30 pm to 9
pm
Chair: Bern Jagunos
Introduction: Carlos Torres (Chile)
Tin Maung Htoo (Burma)
Wanyee Kinuthia / Tigi Obanda (Kenya)
Ulises Garcia (Peru)
Vicky Tauli-Corpuz (Philippines)
Free Event- Monday September 11, 2006
1:00 pm to 9 pm
OISE / University of Toronto
Rooms 2-213 and 2-214
Ontario Institute in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West, near St. George subway stop
For more info: Bern Jagunos 416-231-7680 ext 4077 or Jim Davis 416-463-5312
ext 238 http://www.halifaxinitiative.org/index.php/Issues_CNCA
Endorsed by a network of Toronto based organization for corporate
responsibility on the occasion of the Canadian governments September 12-14
roundtable meeting on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian
Extractive Sector in Developing Countries.
MOVING BEYOND VOLUNTARISM:
CANADA AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ABROAD
THE PROBLEM
Canadian mining, oil and gas companies have been implicated in well-
documented cases of human rights violations and environmental disasters
abroad. These violations by Canadian companies include toxic dumping, the
destruction of protected areas, forcible displacement of indigenous
peoples, and threats and intimidation of local communities.
This is not a case of a few bad apples: Canadian extractive companies have
been implicated in human rights abuses and environmental disasters in more
than thirty countries.
The Government offers both political assistance and financial support to
Canadian extractive companies that operate abroad. Yet the Government has
no regulatory mechanisms to ensure that these companies observe
international human rights and environmental standards standards that
have been adopted by Canada.
The voluntary approach to corporate accountability championed by the
Canadian Government is problematic for several reasons. Most voluntary
codes lack independent monitoring and verification systems, complaints
tools and enforcement mechanisms. Moreover, the voluntary approach
excludes binding mechanisms to hold companies accountable when there is
evidence of environmental and/or human rights violations associated with
their overseas activities.
THE SOLUTION
The Government should:
Require Canadian companies operating internationally to meet clearly
defined corporate accountability, international human rights and
environmental standards, as a precondition for both financial and political
assistance.
Develop legislation to hold Canadian companies and their directors
accountable in Canada when found complicit in human rights abuses and
environmental destruction abroad.
Develop robust Canadian-based monitoring, verification and compliance
mechanisms to ensure that Canadian companies operating internationally meet
clearly defined corporate accountability, international human rights and
environmental standards.
Promote the inclusion of human rights standards in World Bank policies
and condition private sector lending on compliance with international human
rights.
Along with a wide group of Toronto Civil Society Groups, GlobalAware needs your help! We are trying to persuade the Government to regulate Canadian mining, oil and gas companies overseas and you can help. We need volunteers for a human billboard action that includes walking with our mobile photo exhibit as well as distributing flyers and enabling petition sign ups.
Monday, September 11, 5:30 6:30pm
In front of OISE building, 252 Bloor Street West
Tuesday, September 12, 5:00 6:00pm
In front of Radisson Hotel, 249 Queens Quay West
Wednesday, September 13, 5:30 6:30 pm
In front of the Centre for Social Justice, 489 College Street
If you can participate please send an email and let me know!!
[email protected] Otherwise you should also checkout the event on
Monday!! Free films, photo exhibit and a panel discussion; details and lots of further information follow.
Free Event- Monday September 11, 2006
1:00 pm to 9 pm
OISE / University of Toronto
Rooms 2-213 and 2-214
Ontario Institute in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West, near St. George subway stop For more info: Bern Jagunos 416-231-7680 ext 4077 or Jim Davis 416-463-5312 ext 238
MANDATORY NOT VOLUNTARY
REGULATE CANADIAN MINING, OIL AND GAS COMPANIES OVERSEAS Parallel events to roundtable on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Sector
GlobalAware Photo Exhibit Room 2-213 1pm to 6pm Canadian mining oil and
gas operations in Ecuador, Ghana, Peru, Philippines and Venezuela
Screening of Short Documentary Films Room 2-213 2pm to 6;30 pm 2:00 pm -
Sipakapa No se Vende/Sipakapa is Not for Sale (60 min, Glamis Gold,
Guatemala) 3:10 pm - All That Glitters (28 min, TVI Pacific in the
Philippines) 4:00 pm - U.A.I.L. Go Back (22 min. Alcan in India) 4:40 pm -
Between Midnight and the Roosters Crow (60 min, EnCana Corp. in Ecuador)
5:50 pm - Dongo Kundu (20 Min, Tiomin Resources in Kenya) 6:20 pm - Gold,
Gold Look who is Benefiting (20 min, Bonte Gold Mines, Folden Star
Resources in Ghana)
Presentation and Discussion with Featured Speakers Room 2-214 6:30 pm to 9
pm
Chair: Bern Jagunos
Introduction: Carlos Torres (Chile)
Tin Maung Htoo (Burma)
Wanyee Kinuthia / Tigi Obanda (Kenya)
Ulises Garcia (Peru)
Vicky Tauli-Corpuz (Philippines)
Free Event- Monday September 11, 2006
1:00 pm to 9 pm
OISE / University of Toronto
Rooms 2-213 and 2-214
Ontario Institute in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West, near St. George subway stop
For more info: Bern Jagunos 416-231-7680 ext 4077 or Jim Davis 416-463-5312
ext 238 http://www.halifaxinitiative.org/index.php/Issues_CNCA
Endorsed by a network of Toronto based organization for corporate
responsibility on the occasion of the Canadian governments September 12-14
roundtable meeting on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian
Extractive Sector in Developing Countries.
MOVING BEYOND VOLUNTARISM:
CANADA AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ABROAD
THE PROBLEM
Canadian mining, oil and gas companies have been implicated in well-
documented cases of human rights violations and environmental disasters
abroad. These violations by Canadian companies include toxic dumping, the
destruction of protected areas, forcible displacement of indigenous
peoples, and threats and intimidation of local communities.
This is not a case of a few bad apples: Canadian extractive companies have
been implicated in human rights abuses and environmental disasters in more
than thirty countries.
The Government offers both political assistance and financial support to
Canadian extractive companies that operate abroad. Yet the Government has
no regulatory mechanisms to ensure that these companies observe
international human rights and environmental standards standards that
have been adopted by Canada.
The voluntary approach to corporate accountability championed by the
Canadian Government is problematic for several reasons. Most voluntary
codes lack independent monitoring and verification systems, complaints
tools and enforcement mechanisms. Moreover, the voluntary approach
excludes binding mechanisms to hold companies accountable when there is
evidence of environmental and/or human rights violations associated with
their overseas activities.
THE SOLUTION
The Government should:
Require Canadian companies operating internationally to meet clearly
defined corporate accountability, international human rights and
environmental standards, as a precondition for both financial and political
assistance.
Develop legislation to hold Canadian companies and their directors
accountable in Canada when found complicit in human rights abuses and
environmental destruction abroad.
Develop robust Canadian-based monitoring, verification and compliance
mechanisms to ensure that Canadian companies operating internationally meet
clearly defined corporate accountability, international human rights and
environmental standards.
Promote the inclusion of human rights standards in World Bank policies
and condition private sector lending on compliance with international human
rights.