NDP calls for Canada to suspend trade talks with Turkey amid LGBTQ+ crackdown 

The Liberal government's drive to diversify away from the United States has pushed it towards countries with questionable human rights records, say critics.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, pictured right with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in June in Ottawa, hasn't directly condemned Turkey for its crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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BY NEIL MOSS
September 30, 2026

With Canada set to embark on trade negotiations with Turkey, the New Democrats want those talks put on ice as dozens of LGBTQ+ activists have been arrested by Turkish authorities. 

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