‘It’s going to destroy everything we depend on’: visiting Indigenous delegation seeks to stop Canada-Ecuador trade talks

Opposition MPs and Canadian civil society group say the Canadian government should be ensuring consultations with Indigenous groups in Ecuador occur.

Indigenous leaders from Ecuador Zenaida Yasacama, left, Fanny Kaekat, and Hortencia Zhagüi called on the Canadian government to end trade talks with their country.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

October 9, 2024

Indigenous voices opposed to trade talks between Ecuador and Canada are being ignored, says a delegation of Ecuadorian Indigenous leaders who travelled to Ottawa last week calling on Canada to cease trade talks with their country.

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