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Liberal MP confronts minister over new watchdog to oversee Canadian companies abroad

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McKay says recently created position of Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) falls short of what’s needed

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A veteran Liberal backbencher is taking a federal Liberal minister to task for failing to give real teeth to a new watchdog who is supposed to investigate human rights abuses by Canadian companies operating abroad.But he says the recently created position of Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise falls short of what’s needed because the watchdog has not been given the power to compel company executives to testify or to produce documents.

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