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NGO lobbies Liberals to quash extractive sector CSR councellor

Nongovernmental organisation (NGO) MiningWatch Canada on Friday lobbied the new Liberal government to use the upcoming budget to do away with what it termed the “ineffective” and “embarrassing” Office of the Extractive Sector Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Counsellor.
The office was created in 2009 by the Conservative government of the day in response to growing public pressure to make Canadian mining and extractive sector companies accountable for serious and extensive human rights abuses associated with their international operations.