This podcast brings you a recording of the second panel from MP Peter Julian’s “Walking the Talk: Human Rights Abroad” conference held September 27th at the House of Commons. The event was held to examine violations of human and environmental rights at the hands of Canadian corporations abroad, and to explore legislative solutions such as MP Peter Julian’s Bill C-354 to amend the Federal Courts Act in the interest of international human rights. Whereas the conference’s first discussion explored stories from impacted communities around the world, the panel that followed looked at popular sector responses and strategies in North America to the abuses committed abroad by Canadian extractive industries. It was moderated by Laura Avalos, President of the Salvadorian Canadian Association of Ottawa and National Capital Region.
Panelists:
Grahame Russell, Co-Director of Rights Action, author of Code Z59.5: There is Only One People Here
Sakura Saunders, Editor and Co-Founder of ProtestBarrick.net
Jamie Moffett, Documentary Filmmaker, Return to El Salvador
