Is That A Bench, Or A Soap Box?

[Globe and Mail] Supreme Court of Canada Judge Ian Binnie issued a call Tuesday for Canadian multi-national corporations to pay more attention to human rights abuses in Third World countries where they operate.

Cataloging a long list of cases where developing countries were accused of harming their local populations in order to attract or keep foreign corporations operating with their borders, Judge Binnie urged lawyers with the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association to persuade their employers to show a greater sense of global responsibility.

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