The central recommendation in the report concerns the development of a Canadian CSR Framework. Advisory Group members urge the Government of Canada, in cooperation with key stakeholders, to adopt a set of CSR Standards that Canadian extractive-sector companies operating abroad are expected to meet and that is reinforced through appropriate reporting, compliance and other mechanisms... The Advisory Group...acknowledges that the CSR standards...recommended...fall short of addressing the full range of issues of concern regarding the extractive industry, particularly with regard to human rights. [Advisory Group members include representatives of Iamgold, Placer Dome (now part of Barrick Gold), Talisman Energy; industry groups Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, Mining Association of Canada (MAC)]