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C-300 , 40th Parliament, 3rd session Wednesday, March 3, 2010, to Saturday, March 26, 2011

An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries
Short title: Corporate Accountability of Mining, Oil and Gas Corporations in Developing Countries Act
Bill type
Private Member’s Bill
Sponsor
This bill was defeated at report stage in the House of Commons on Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Progress

End of stage activity
Reinstated from previous session, Wednesday, March 3, 2010
End of stage activity
Deemed reported without amendment, Friday, June 11, 2010
Committee meetings
Meeting date Minutes
Thursday, May 13, 2010
 Meeting 18
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
 Meeting 19
Thursday, June 3, 2010
 Meeting 21
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
 Meeting 22
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Friday, June 11, 2010
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Monday, September 20, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Third reading
Not reached

Senate

First reading
Not reached
Second reading
Not reached
Third reading
Not reached

Details

Recorded votes

House of Commons

Vote 111 — Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
135
Nays:
140
Paired:
4
Total:
279
Vote 112 — Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
135
Nays:
140
Paired:
4
Total:
279
Vote 113 — Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
135
Nays:
140
Paired:
4
Total:
279
Vote 114 — Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
135
Nays:
140
Paired:
4
Total:
279
Vote 115 — Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
135
Nays:
140
Paired:
4
Total:
279
Vote 116 — Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
135
Nays:
140
Paired:
4
Total:
279
Vote 117 — Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
135
Nays:
140
Paired:
4
Total:
279
Vote 118 — Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
135
Nays:
140
Paired:
4
Total:
279
Vote 119 — Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
135
Nays:
140
Paired:
4
Total:
279
Vote 120 — Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
135
Nays:
140
Paired:
4
Total:
279
Vote 121 — Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
135
Nays:
140
Paired:
4
Total:
279
Vote 122 — Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
135
Nays:
140
Paired:
4
Total:
279
Vote 123 — Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
135
Nays:
140
Paired:
4
Total:
279
Vote 124 — Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
135
Nays:
140
Paired:
4
Total:
279
Vote 125 — Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Result:
Negatived
Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries
Yeas:
134
Nays:
140
Paired:
4
Total:
278

Senate

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Speaker's rulings and statements

House of Commons

Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 Sitting 87

Major speeches at second reading

There are currently no major speeches for this bill.

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Further reading

An Act Respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries [Bill C-300] : anatomy of a failed initiative. Janda, Richard. McGill international journal of sustainable development law and policy, 6(2):97-107
Bill C-300 a poorly constructed bill. Beatty, Perrin. Hill Times, no. 1060:18
Bill C-300 a poorly constructed bill. Andrews, Tony. Hill Times, no. 1060:18
Bill C-300 would impose serious burdens on Canada's mining industry [Opinion]. Manley, John. Hill Times, no. 1057:16
Canada's enhanced CSR strategy : human rights due diligence and access to justice for victims of extraterritorial corporate human rights abuses. Simons, Penelope. Canadian business law journal, 56(2):167-207
Canadian mining [electronic resource] : still unaccountable. Keenan, Karyn. NACLA report on the Americas, 40:29-34, 42
Canadian mining's dark heart. Poplak, Richard. Walrus, 13(9):26-29,31,33-39
Commentaries : Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia : Aboriginal title and Section 35. Swain, Harry. Canadian business law journal, 56(2):265-80
Corporate social responsibility [electronic resource] : movements and footprints of Canadian mining and exploration firms in the developing world. Canadian Centre for the Study of Resource Conflict, 1 PDF file (16 p.)
Cracking down on corrupt mining deals [electronic resource]. Campbell, Matthew. Bloomberg businessweek, 4336:41-3
Desperately seeking sanction [electronic resource] : Canadian extractive companies and their public partners. Keenan, Karyn. Canadian journal of development studies, 34:111-21
Generating rights for communities harmed by mining [electronic resource] : legal and other action. North, Liisa L. Canadian journal of development studies, 34:96-110
Le secteur minier en RDC [ressource électronique] : quelle transformation pour quel développement?. de Failly, Didier. Politique étrangère, 2:113-23
Manley simply repeats shibboleths of mining industry, adds no new arguments [Opinion]. McKay, John. Hill Times, no. 1058:22
Mining biz shills kill hated bill [electronic resource]. McClearn, Matthew. Canadian business, 83:15-6
Peru's social conflict is about more than mining [electronic resource]. Wilson, Alana. Fraser forum, pp.15-17
Powerful mining industry lobbyists helped defeat bill [C-300], says Grit MP McKay. Vongdouangchanh, Bea. Hill Times, no. 1061:1, 6
The crackdown. Lorinc, John. Canadian business, 86:46-9
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