The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today announced new measures to help Canadian mining, oil and gas companies meet and exceed their social and environmental responsibilities when operating abroad...The specific initiatives are: - Creating a new Office of the Extractive Sector Corporate Social Responsibility Counsellor to assist in resolving social and environmental issues... - Supporting a new Centre of Excellence to be established outside government... - Continuing Canadian International Development Agency assistance for foreign governments to develop their capacity to manage natural resource development in a sustainable and responsible manner - Promoting internationally recognized, voluntary guidelines for corporate social responsibility performance and reporting...