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BREAKING: Government conceals and ignores expert advice on CORE, report leaked by civil society While the Government of Canada caved to mining industry pressure and ignored and kept secret its own report showing how to #empower the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise with the tools it needs to be effective, people all over the world continue to be impacted by the operations of Canadian corporations. Read the leaked report here: https://bit.ly/3aPBo8X ... Take action now! Tell the government that a powerless CORE is unacceptable and that impacted communities can wait no longer for access to justice! https://bit.ly/3oQUHCV Global News Coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3wYylMVDXY&feature=emb_logo #open4justice #power2investigate #power2compel #bizhumanrights #humanrights

Bonjour! Hola! Le GOPA est à la recherche d'un Coordonnateur ou ou d'une Coordinatrice à temps partiel du Groupe d’orientation politique pour les Amériques. Le ...Groupe d’orientation politique pour les Amériques (GOPA) est un réseau national d'organisations de la société civile canadienne œuvrant pour les droits humains et la justice sociale et environnementale en Amérique latine et dans les Caraïbes. https://charityvillage.com//americas-policy-group-part-ti/ Membres du GOPA: Amnesty International Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network- BTS Open for justice- Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability Canadian Labour Congress - Congrès du travail du Canada CUPE SCFP Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean Christian Peacemaker Teams CoDevelopment Canada Solidaridad Cdhal Développement et Paix - Caritas Canada Horizons of Friendship Inter Pares KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives Mennonite Central Committee - MCC Oxfam Oxfam-Québec SeedChange / Sème l’avenir - USC Canada Peace Brigades International - Canada PWS&D (Presbyterian World Service & Development) Projet Accompagnement Québec-Guatemala (PAQG) PSAC - AFPC Social Justice Fund MiningWatch Canada United Steelworkers Steelworkers Humanity Fund United Church of Canada See more

Des documents largement caviardés montrent que des responsables canadiens ont fait pression sur les décideurs du Guatemala et de la Commission interaméricaine des droits de l'homme pour soutenir Goldcorp, une entreprise accusée de violations des droits de la personne à sa sa mine de Marlin. Une nouvelle poursuite allègue que le Canada a indûment retenu des informations supplémentaires sur son soutien à Goldcorp que les Canadiens ont le droit de voir en vertu de la Loi canadienne sur l’accès à l’information. Le gouvernement canadien a choisi d'aller en cour plutôt que de divulguer les documents, qu'a-t-il fait d'autre pour soutenir Goldcorp? Pour plus de détails sur le procès et une chronologie des événements à la mine Marlin, visitez: https://bit.ly/2ZZI6TB #droitshumains #cdnpoli

Heavily redacted documents show Canadian officials lobbied decision-makers in Guatemala & the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in support of Goldcorp, a company accused of human rights abuse at its Marlin mine. A new lawsuit alleges Canada improperly withheld additional info about its support for Goldcorp that under Canada’s Access to Information Act Canadians have a right to see. The Canadian government chose to go to court rather than disclose the documents, what else did it do to support Goldcorp? For more details about the lawsuit and a timeline of events at the Marlin Mine visit: https://bit.ly/3bU2qeD #humanrights #corporateaccountability #cdnpoli #democracy

Our partners and the people and communities around the world harmed by Canadian companies can wait no longer for the Government of Canada to take real action. Today, on International #HumanRightsDay we urgently call on the government to KEEP its own promise and #empower the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise. Hon. Minister Mary Ng grant the CORE the #power2investigate and #power2compel and show that Canada is truly #open4justice! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N6RP7QuwgQ&feature=youtu.be

While Canada is a leader in the global extractive sector, it has failed to show leadership on corporate accountability. Corporate accountability needs to include analysis of gender-based discrimination in its approaches to business and human rights. Canada needs to address the weaknesses of the ombudsperson’s office it recently created, including the office’s inability to effectively investigate or apply sanctions. (p. 18) As the What We Heard report from the discussions on Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy shows, Canadians expect concrete corporate accountability measures as a part of any FFP. See more here: https://www.amnesty.ca//womens-hum/feminist-foreign-policy #CanFFP #bizhumanrights #corporateaccountability #cdnpoli #power2investigate

Global News Report - The Canadian govt broke its commitment to create a watchdog with the power to compel evidence related to human rights abuse allegations lin...ked to Canadian companies with international operations, including mining, oil and gas corporations. Three years after the announcement of the creation of this ombudsperson, the office will soon be opening but without the promised powers to compel witnesses and documents. Global News investigates recent allegations of human rights abuses fired at one Canadian mining company’s operations in Brazil and how the Canadian government is failing to give the new office enough powers to probe cases like these. https://theglobalherald.com//trudeau-government-backtrack/ See more

Guatemalan communities affected by Pan American Silver's Escobal mine face serious risks for their resistance. Today, 190+ international organizations denounce the latest attack against land defender Julio González Arango and call for a full investigation. Get the full story: Link: bit.ly/3qGy0lP

Three years ago, the Canadian govt announced the creation of an independent ombudsperson with the powers to investigate human rights abuses linked to Canadian companies overseas. 1095 days later (and counting) and the government has failed to give the CORE the tools it needs to be independent and effective, while communities harmed by Canadian companies continue to struggle to obtain justice. Take action and call on the government to honour its promises! https://bit.ly/3oQUHCV #humanrights #bizhumanrights #power2investigate #power2compel #Open4justice

DERNIÈRE HEURE: Rapport ayant fait l’objet d’une fuite caché d'1.5 ans confirme que l’@OCRE_Ombuds n'a pas les pouvoirs pour être efficace, montre comment l’habileter. Prquoi n’a pas suivi+publié les recomms de ses propres experts? #lobbydesentreprises https://bit.ly/3pUrNSh Alors que le gouvernement du Canada a cédé à la pression de l'industrie minière et a ignoré et gardé secret son propre rapport montrant comment #habiliter l'ombudsman canadien de la responsabilité des ...entreprises, des gens de partout à travers le monde continuent de subir les effets des activités des entreprises canadiennes. Agissez maintenant! Dites au gouvernement qu'un OCRE dépourvu de pouvoirs est inacceptable et que les communautés touchées ne peuvent plus attendre pour avoir accès à la justice! https://bit.ly/3oQUHCV Rapportage de Global News (anglais): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3wYylMVDXY&feature=emb_logo #pouvoirdenquete #droitshumains #habiliter

A Feminist Foreign Policy would #empower the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), and would #enact legislation on mandatory human rights due diligence for corporations. Read this great blog post by CNCA member organization KAIROS

In its response to the #empower & #enact business & human rights petition, the Government of Canada says that no further action is needed to curb the well-documented business-related human rights abuses overseas because voluntary mechanisms are enough. Read the government’s response here: bit.ly/EmpowerANDEnact. But as decades of experience and a new report from the European Coalition for Corporate Justice & the Corporate Accountability Coalition makes clear: voluntary mechanisms do not work! https://bit.ly/33KinAE. We will continue to raise our voices until real action is taken to protect #humanrights & provide those harmed with justice! Join us & take action! https://bit.ly/3qAvz53

Five years ago the Fundão tailings dam ruptured in the city of #Mariana, Brazil. Today, civil society organizations such as Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens - MAB, a Development and Peace - Caritas Canada partner, continue to seek justice for those impacted by the mining disaster. We stand in solidarity with those impacted by these avoidable disasters and join their call for corporate #accountability and #humanrights! More info: https://mab.org.br/