Friday Programme, Archives of Conference Webcast

Thursday Programme

The EnviReform project hosted its second annual conference entitled "Second Annual EnviReform Conference Hard Choices, Soft Law: Combining Trade, Environment, and Social Cohesion in Global Governance" in conjunction with the Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC. The proceedings on Thursday November 8 were videoconferenced, with excepts from Washington interacting in real time with those gathered in Toronto. Both days of the webcast of were from the Vivian & David Campbell Conference Facility at the Munk Centre for International Studies in Toronto.

Friday, November 9, 2001, 8:45am - 10:45am, Click here for webcast.
Specific presenters and sessions titles are listed below .

Session 3 - - Corporate Responsibility and International Standard Setting

Chair: Louis Pauly, University of Toronto

8:45 a. m.
Hevina Dashwood, University of Toronto
"Corporate Responsibility: The Evolution of International Legal Initiatives and Norms"

9:00 a. m.

John Foster, North-South Institute
"The Role of Non-governmental Organizations and Social Movements in Developing Guidelines of Corporate Responsibility"

9:15 a. m.
Christopher Wilkie, Industry Canada
"Codes, Compacts, and Guidelines: Implications for the Trade and Investment Framework? (powerpoint presentation)"

9:30 a. m.
Wesley Cragg, York University
"Self-Regulation of MNEs in the Global Market Place"

9:45 a.m. - - Questions and Answers

10:45 a.m. - - Break

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10:45am - 12:30pm, Click here for webcast.
Specific presenters and sessions titles are listed below .

Panel - - Canadian Government Policy Responses to the Issue of Corporate Responsibility

Chair: Albert Berry, University of Toronto

11:00 a. m.
Robert O. Matthews, University of Toronto
"Canadian Foreign Policy in Sudan: Why Canada Backed Down"

11:15 a. m.

Vernon MacKay, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
"Corporate Social Responsibility: A View from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade"

11:30 a. m. - - Questions and Answers

12:30 p.m. - - Lunch

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12:30pm - 4:00pm, Click here for webcast.
Specific presenters and sessions titles are listed below .

12:30 p.m. - - Lunch

1:00 p.m. - - Keynote Address

The Honourable Roy MacLaren, Chair, Canadian Institute of International Affairs, former Minister of International Trade, Canada ( text of keynote address)

Session 5 - - The Challenge of Coherence in Sustainable Global Governance: The Role of Soft Law in Making Hard Choices

Chair: John Kirton, University of Toronto

2:15 p.m.
Michael Cloghesy, Conseil Patronat de L'Environnement du Québec

2:30 p.m.
Nicholas Bayne, London School of Economics and Political Science

2:45 p.m.
Michael Trebilcock, University of Toronto Faculty of Law

3:00 p.m.
Lisa Mills, Carlton University

3:15 p.m. - - Questions and Answers

4:00 p.m. - - End of conference

Nicholas Bayne, "The G8's Role in the Fight Against Terrorism". Remarks to the G8 Research Group, 8 November 2001. Click here for webcast.

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