Canada’s Ombudsperson for corporate misconduct abroad stepping down

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Open this photo in gallery: Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), Sheri Meyerhoffer, holds a news conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 11, 2023.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, a watchdog tasked with investigating allegations of human-rights violations linked with Canadian companies’ activities abroad, has a new interim leader, the federal government said, as the first person to hold that role is stepping down. Global Affairs Canada did not give reasons for the departure, other than to say Sheri Meyerhoffer completed her five-year term. The former ombudsperson was appointed in 2019 to a five-year term, with...