Harper Report On Colombian Human Rights Abuses A 'Sham': NDP
Harper Report On Colombian Human Rights Abuses A 'Sham': NDP
CP | By Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press
Posted: 05/20/2014 3:50 pm EDT | Updated: 05/20/2014 7:59 pm EDT
OTTAWA - The NDP and civil society groups are accusing the Harper government of whitewashing human rights abuses in Colombia in the latest report to Parliament on the impact of Canada's free trade agreement with the South American country.
The government quietly tabled the report last week, a requirement under the 2011 Canada-Colombia free trade deal, but concluded — as with last year — that "it is not possible to establish a direct link between the (agreement) and the human rights situation in Colombia."
NDP trade critic Don Davies says that's because the Harper government didn't look far enough.
"This report would have Parliamentarians believe there are no trade and investment related human rights concerns in Colombia and that flies in the face of abundant and well-documented evidence to the contrary."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/05/20/stephen-harper-human-rights_n_5360259.html
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