The wait must end: Canada needs a mining ombudsperson

Simple administrative changes to the current corporate accountability system won’t cut it.

Canada's extractive-sector corporate social responsibility counsellor Jeffrey Davidson, pictured last year. NDP MP Cheryl Hardcastle argues his office has been designed to fail, and Canada needs a more robust ombudsperson.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY NDP MP CHERYL HARDCASTLE

May 3, 2017

Canada is a global leader in the oil, gas, and mining sector—home to more than half the world’s mining companies. As a result, the NDP believes that the government has an important role to play in making sure that our companies conduct themselves according to established international principles...

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