If human rights ombudsman is created, learn from experience

A joint fact-finding process is a dispute-resolution tool that works.

John Ruggie, pictured in 2009, has said Canada is the only country that imposes a penalty on mining companies that decline to participate in dispute resolution processes. UN photograph by Jean-Marc Ferré

Opinion

BY PIERRE GRATTON

March 22, 2017

OTTAWA—In a recent op-ed in this newspaper, several professors call for the creation of a mining ombudsman, but dismiss the Mining Association of Canada’s recommendation th...

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