The [Canadian] government is making efforts to restore Canada's place on the world stage...what hasn't changed yet is how [it holds]...Canadian companies accountable, both at home and when they operate overseas...Mining companies headquartered in Canada have been implicated in human rights violations around the world, some involving egregious abuses like sexual violence, forced displacement and extrajudicial killings...Women are [often] paid less than men...the wage gap is even more accentuated for racialized, Indigenous and immigrant women...Oxfam Canada highlighted five actions that the Canadian government can take to demonstrate leadership on business and human rights [during a meeting with members of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights]... Provide access to justice... Protect human rights defenders... Ensure all Canadian businesses respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples... Fight women's economic inequality... Negotiate strong human rights protections...into Canada's trade agreements and foreign investor protection agreements...