Private members bill gets first reading

Last February a Liberal M.P. introduced a private members bill called Bill C-300 to the House of Commons for its first reading. The bill is also called the Corporate Accountability of Mining, Oil and Gas Corporations in Developing Countries Act. It will promote responsible environmental practices and international human rights standards on the part of Canadian mining, oil and gas corporations in developing countries. It will hold Canadian companies accountable for their practices as they will have to submit annual reports to the House of Commons and the Senate.

Today the C-300 Bill has been through the first and second readings and now will be studied by the Foreign Affairs and International Development committee. People on both sides of the argument will attend and will present their cases to the committee for contemplation. If the bill is passed by the committee today then the bill will be sent for its third reading. 

Source: http://www.johnmckaymp.on.ca