The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:27:19 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Cloudy future facing corporate watchdog /item/29354-cloudy-future-facing-corporate-watchdog /item/29354-cloudy-future-facing-corporate-watchdog

The decade-old battle for a truly independent watchdog over Canadian mining and other businesses with operations abroad isn’t over, according to Development and Peace advocacy and research officer Elana Wright.

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Canada has a new ombudsperson for corporate responsibility abroad, 15 months after the government announced it was creating the post. But unions and NGOs are reacting angrily to uncertainty and limitations over the ombudspersonöÏÓãÊÓƵapp powers to investigate human rights abuses.

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