How to deal with a hostage-taking, extortionist China
Shannon Gormley: As China decides to no longer hide behind the language of engagement and friendship, Ottawa finds itself increasingly exposed
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human rights
Canada’s climate-change inaction violates Indigenous human rights: report
Two Human Rights Watch experts describe how First Nations people are struggling to sustain traditional diets, as fish and wildlife become more difficult and dangerous to reach
This Canada Day, the country must reflect on its history to write its future
Anita Li: Canada must return to its core values—sustainability, multiculturalism and human rights—which have not been upheld in recent years
Coronavirus measures from governments need human rights oversight
Alex Neve: There is no doubt that governments across Canada have launched important programs and announced unprecedented funding, but they do so without a thorough human rights analysis
The UN, where rights abusers get to be on the human rights council
Terry Glavin: The UNHRC is so rife with oppressors and torture states that it just might serve the opposite of its founding purpose
Is Beijing sticking its nose into the election campaign in Markham?
Marcus Kolga: For the sake of democracy, voters in the Markham-Unionville riding should ask their local candidates about their positions on human rights in China
China’s disregard for the rule of law strikes too close to home
Yaqiu Wang: As more and more Canadians are being plunged into the black hole of China’s criminal justice system, Canada’s ’meddling’ is past due
The Trudeau government is losing its human rights battle with the Saudis—and missing a huge opportunity
Terry Glavin: Ottawa has much to gain by doubling down in defence of imprisoned activists. Why is it reduced to forelock-tugging and flattery?
Canada serves as convenient example for Saudi Arabia’s rising ruler
Two leading Middle East experts on what this week’s Canada-Saudi diplomatic clash reveals about the powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Payam Akhavan on the sacrifices needed to make the world safer
From 2017: A call to action from the UN’s youngest-ever war crimes prosecutor