“Rights without effective remedies do not mean much in practice,” warned members of the UN’s working group on business and human rights...The working group urged the government to strengthen access to remedy in Canada for people and communities affected by Canadian businesses worldwide. “The UN focused on Canada’s extractive sector and drew attention to the frequency of reported attacks on human rights defenders — including harassment, criminalization, and killings — in relation to Canadian projects,” said Jean Symes of Inter Pares. “This report echoes what UN committees have been saying for years: that Canada must do more to fulfill its human rights duties in relation to Canadian business activity abroad,” says Emily Dwyer, coordinator of the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA)... [This] coalition...has long campaigned for the creation of an ombudsperson to investigate abuses linked to Canadian mining, oil and gas companies overseas.