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Core 1..156 Hansard (PRISM::Advent3b2 10.50) CANADA House of Commons Debates VOLUME 144 Ï NUMBER 026 Ï 2nd SESSION Ï 40th PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Monday, March 9, 2009 Speaker: The Honourable Peter Milliken CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) 1435 HOUSE OF COMMONS Monday, March 9, 2009 The House met at 11 a.m. Ottawa to ensure that Canadian mining companies are called to account” for their activities. Prayers In recent years, my own discussions with numerous parliamentar- ians from other countries and representatives of international civil society have made me realize that what Mr. Casey said is true and PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS relevant. And I am convinced that I am not the only member of this House to have heard such concerns. Ï (1100) [Translation] It is up to our country to set an example starting now and to lead CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE the way for the rest of the world, especially in terms of formally CANADIAN EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY IN DEVELOPING prohibiting Canadian companies operating internationally from COUNTRIES using practices that are banned, and for good reason, here at home. Mr. Bernard Patry (Pierrefonds—Dollard, Lib.) moved: That, in the opinion of the House, the government should act immediately to implement the measures of the Advisory Group report “National Roundtables on This means that, when it comes to respecting human rights and the Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing environment, we must reject the double standard that allows Countries” by creating, in an appropriate legal framework and with the funds needed, companies to do things in other countries that are prohibited by an independent ombudsman office with the power to receive and investigate law and common decency here in Canada. complaints. He said: Mr. Speaker, the motion the members of this House have the privilege of debating today concerns nothing less than our Basically, when it comes to human rights, justice and the country's responsibility and honour on the international scene. environment, double standards are not and must never be the way we do things in this country. The time has come to end inaction that, in addition to going on for too long, is helping to seriously undermine our country's credibility in the eyes of the world and the government's credibility in the eyes I think that now is a good time to ask the members to bear in mind of Canadians. a particularly relevant message from Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez, president of Caritas Internationalis, to Canada's To understand the real issue behind this motion, we must government during the November 2006 national round tables. remember that Canada leads the world in resource extraction in developing countries. No less than 60% of the mining companies concerned are Canadian. Cardinal Rodriguez emphasized that increasingly frequent con- flicts in many parts of the world between mining companies and the In addition, I invite my colleagues in this House to bear in mind as they engage in this debate that a 2006 United Nations report shows communities affected show that we can no longer act according to that most of the human rights abuses perpetrated by transnational the narrow-minded notion that the market only works on a low- investment, high-profit basis. corporations can be attributed to mining, oil and gas companies. I therefore urge members of all parties in this House not only to be aware of these facts, but also to shoulder the responsibilities we have The cardinal added, and rightly so, that we must adopt regulatory as elected representatives without further delay, not just because the mechanisms to ensure that these industries are held responsible for eyes of Canadians and the international community are upon us, but their actions and behaviours not only in the countries in which they because I believe that it is in our national interest. operate, but also in their home countries. I would remind this House that in March 2008, Michael Casey, executive director of the Canadian NGO Development and Peace, Cardinal Rodriguez delivered his message to the government two rightly stated that “people living in the global south are counting on and a half years ago. 1436 COMMONS DEBATES March 9, 2009 Private Members' Business A year before that, in June 2005, the Standing Committee on I should point out that the Prime Minister had even greater reason Foreign Affairs and International Trade, which I had the honour of to make this formal commitment, since Canada officially supports chairing at the time, submitted the report of the sub-committee the voluntary standards of corporate social responsibility set out in charged with studying issues related to promoting respect for the UN global compact and in the OECD's guidelines for international human rights and setting sustainable human develop- multinational enterprises. We must now face the facts and look at ment goals for Canadian mining companies operating abroad. what the government has been doing all this time. Unfortunately, I am very sorry to say that the answer is nothing, absolutely nothing. That report led to the creation of the national round tables I just And we should all condemn this, since Canada itself is the first to mentioned, and its conclusions justify the motion I moved here lose out. today. Ï (1105) On April 8, 2008, about a year after the Prime Minister made that The situation we are debating today has existed for many years. statement at the G8 summit, seeing that there had been no follow-up, And so I must impress upon my colleagues in this House that the I rose in this House to ask the government when it would finally government cannot afford to wait any longer and that it must commit honour this formal promise made by the Prime Minister himself to itself to action. the entire world. The minister of natural resources at the time, our colleague, the hon. member for Saanich—Gulf Islands, responded by We are calling on the government to show leadership. If Canada saying that they would have “something very good to announce leads the way, it will be in the best position to encourage other shortly to the Canadian people for the extractive sector”. countries in turn to pass the necessary legislation so that extraction operations in developing countries will be conducted under fair and humane conditions with respect for the environment and social I must admit, I was encouraged by the minister's response at the justice. time. However, five weeks after the minister's promise, the government was unfortunately still dragging its feet. Given the circumstances that led to our debate today, I feel I am justified in saying that the government has a moral obligation to act without further delay because nothing can justify the status quo in a Ï (1110) situation that is becoming more and more intolerable. In fact, it has been almost two years since the national round On May 13, 2008, the NGO Development and Peace presented a tables' report was tabled in March 2007. The objective was to petition signed by more than 190,000 Canadians, calling on the examine corporate social responsibility and the Canadian businesses government to act by immediately responding to the round table engaged in the extractive industry in developing countries. It was recommendations issued more than a year previously. pointed out at the round tables that mining activities in some developing countries have had a detrimental impact on local communities, especially in cases where mining industry regulation The day after the presentation of this lengthy petition reflecting is weak or non-existent, or simply not enforced. Those present also the opinions and concerns of a great many Canadians, I urged the spoke about the effects on the economic and social well-being of government in this House to finally respond to the wishes and employees, local residents and the environment. concerns that members of the public had so clearly expressed. This report also noted the consensus reached between the industry, experts, NGOs and civil society, which represents considerable By way of response, the Minister of International Trade at the time progress. The report has also suggested concrete, realistic and said that the government would “have a strong response to that significant measures such as establishing Canadian standards for report very soon”. corporate social responsibility that respect and promote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; creating an ombudsman office to receive complaints from both Canadians and non-Canadians “Very soon”, the minister said. But nearly 10 months have gone about the Canadian extraction business activities in developing by since that promise was made, and it has become one more in a countries; and withholding government services to companies in long list of promises that have not been kept. The government still cases where there is serious non-compliance in terms of social has not taken any action. responsibility standards. As we can see, not only are these proposals morally necessary, but In light of the facts, we are forced to conclude that, unfortunately, they are also entirely clear, realistic and in line with our values and we have before us a government that does nothing but shirk its our national interest. The current Prime Minister even seemed to responsibilities and make every effort not to keep its promises. agree with these requirements. At the G8 summit in Germany, shortly after the report was tabled, he said: That is why we can say that this government's inaction and the Implementation of the recommendations from this process will place Canada among the most active G8 countries in advancing international guidelines and fact that it has repeatedly gone back on its word have become principles on corporate social responsibility in this sector.
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