Traduction de «Loi sur la responsabilité de l'industrie du tabac » (Français → Anglais) :

Tobacco Industry Responsibility Act [ An Act to incorporate and to establish an industry levy to provide for the Canadian Tobacco Industry Community Responsibility Foundation ]

Canadian Tobacco Industry Community Responsibility Foundation

Tobacco Youth Protection Act [ An Act to enable and assist the Canadian tobacco industry in attaining its objective of preventing the use of tobacco products by young persons in Canada ]

At the time the legislation was tabled, the tobacco industry expressed the concern that Bill C-71 would prevent them from distributing their products across provincial boundaries.

There are various recitals in the bill concerning the tobacco industry's ability to unilaterally address the problem of youth smoking without some kind of assistance.

3. Expresses its indignation at the horrific working conditions in the textile and apparel industry in LDCs and developing countries and condemns those who are responsible for this situation; stresses that European-based multinational retailers, often through subcontractors, are among the main beneficiaries of cheap labour and violations of workers’ rights and health and safety standards in LDCs and developing countries; is convinced that the tragic events in Bangladesh have illustrated the failed concept of a voluntary corpora ...[+++]te social responsibility (CSR) scheme, and points out that a legally binding and thus enforceable CSR scheme is a necessary step towards ending this gross exploitation;

10. Asks the Commission to quickly present a legislative proposal for country-by-country reporting founded on the standards of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and on Section 1502 of the Dodd Frank Act in the United States; recalls that this was proposed by the Committee on Development as a parliamentary priority within the framework of the structured dialogue on the Commission Work Plan for 2012; urges the Commission to include in its proposal a requirement that extractive companies report on sales and profits, on a country-by-country basis, as well as taxes and revenues, in order to discourage corruption and p ...[+++]revent tax avoidance; stresses that transparency, corporate social responsibility and a functioning administration benefit both extracting companies and the societies of resource-rich developing countries; calls on the Commission to develop a legislative proposal equivalent to Section 1502 of the Dodd Frank act, which requires companies that source minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries to demonstrate the steps they are taking to ensure that their purchases of these minerals are not profiting armed groups which commit human rights abuses; in this connection, calls on the European Union and its Member States to bring pressure to bear on European companies operating in developing countries and to set an example of social responsibility and the promotion of decent work;