Canada Says U.S. Can't Hear Lawsuit

"This is outrageous," says Justin Laku, of Canadian Friends of Sudan. "It amounts to saying: 'We don't want you to put (Talisman) on trial because we have to protect our interests, and shareholders' interests.' " The intervention comes just weeks after mining and oil-industry leaders and human-rights groups called for stronger oversight of the sector. Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Marie-Christine Lilkoff declined to comment on the Talisman case, saying only the government's brief "speaks for itself." The brief argues U.S. courts can't rule on the "activities of a Canadian corporation that took place entirely outside of the United States, with no effect in the United States." That's nonsense, replies Laku: "There are more than 10,000 refugees from southern Sudan in the U.S. who lost family members in that war, who were affected directly by that war ... Many of those people are now U.S. citizens." http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=0b22a8b6-36a3-48c0-a8ed-86ecb9a86e98 [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on May 28, 2007]

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