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Article

14 May 2001

Author:
Halifax Initiative

NGO Report Demonstrates the Export Development Corporation [Canada] Risks the Environment

Canada’s Export Development Corporation is an accessory to some projects with severe negative environmental and social consequences, says a new report, "Reckless Lending - How Canada’s Export Development Corporation Puts People and the Environment at Risk", volume 2. This report builds on evidence of poor social, environmental and human rights assessment procedures used by the EDC found in volume 1, released in 2000.