Six months on, trade minister sitting on report detailing hiring, spending troubles for mining conflict counsellor

The now-departed ‘arm’s length’ corporate social responsibility counsellor for the mining sector was chronically short-staffed, had no set budget, and relied on Global Affairs Canada for spending and hiring.
International Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured on Jan. 17, 2017, announcing the creation of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise. The ombudsperson will replace the Office of the Extractive Sector CSR Counsellor, which closed effective May 18.
Canada’s recently-departed social responsibility guru for Canadian mining companies overseas says he struggled to find and keep staff and to take on last-minute assignments, thanks to the bureaucratic oversight of his supposedly arm's-length office.  Jeffrey...

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