Is Canada prepared to ignore alarming human rights violations to advance a controversial free trade agreement with Ecuador?

The Canadian government must not remain indifferent to the bloodshed and the incontrovertible reality of a grave human rights crisis in Ecuador.

Ecuadorian protests have been met with with militarized repression, write Vivian Idrovo and Kathy Price. Screenshot courtesy of Al Jazeera

Opinion

BY VIVIAN IDROVO, KATHY PRICE

October 27, 2025

Over the past 18 months, the Canadian government has negotiated a free trade agreement with Ecuador, claiming the two countries share important values of respect for democracy and human rights. Yet, during the same time, the human rights situation in Ecuador has deteriorated...

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