The Rights & Democracy Delegation at Huron University College, with Amnesty International presents the Honorable John McKay, Member of Parliament and Privy Council.

John McKay will be speaking to students about Private Members Bill C-300 and the future of Canadian corporate responsibility at The Huron Room, Dining Hall on February 3rd, 2010 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Huron University College.

Mr. McKay introduced Private Members Bill C-300 on February 9, 2009. The Bill, also referred to as An Act Respecting Corporate Accountability for Mining, Oil and Gas Corporations in Developing Countries’, seeks to promote responsible environmental practices and international human rights standards on the part of Canadian mining, oil and gas corporations in developing countries.

The purpose of this Act is to ensure that corporations engaged in mining, oil or gas activities and receiving support from the Government of Canada act in a manner consistent with international environmental best practices and with Canada’s commitments to international human rights standards.

Event starts at 2:00pm, in the Huron Room (located in the Huron Dining Hall) at Huron University College (London, ON).

There will be Q&A, so please feel free to bring your questions and comments – and your friends!

The Delegation hosted guest speakers Marcía Ramírez and Carlos Zorrilla, activists from the Intag area of Ecuador spoke about their experiences in the resistance movement against mining developments in Ecuador. They also presented a film on the issues and served fair-trade coffee.

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This presentation by Patricia Tobon, a young indigenous Embera lawyer from Colombia, focused on the Colombian indigenous, Afro-Colombian and peasant youth movement and the process of conflict resolution in their country.

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The Huron College Delegation organized this coffee house in solidarity with the Minga Resistance movement of indigenous peoples in Columbia.

“State Security and Individual Human Rights”