Time for Canada to step up as a human rights world leader

The time has come for Canada to prove that it can once again be a global leader in human rights, and perhaps inspire some of the world's leaders to do the same.

Justice Minister Arif Virani. Our country can preserve what we have fought for and continue the progress achieved on human rights, write Odette McCarthy and Jean-Sébastien Vallée.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ODETTE MCCARTHY, JEAN-SéBASTIEN VALLéE

January 30, 2025

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