EDC Legislative Review Riles Rights Groups

NGOs say human rights obligations not laid out clearly enough.

Published April 15, 2009

Leading civil society advocates are fuming that a review of Export Development Canada's business activities did little to advance the agency's obligations to human rights and transparency, and they are calling on the government to act.

As EDC reaps an influx of government stimulus money in recent months, advocates say the export agency wields a considerable amount of discretion and economic power for which it is not adequately accountable....

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