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Civil society leaders call for halt to Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement
- Several Canadian organizations and civil society leaders urge stopping the Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement due to environmental and human rights risks in Ecuador.
- The agreement would eliminate tariffs on almost all Canadian goods entering Ecuador to increase Canadian mining investment.
- Amnesty International Canada's Ketty Nivyabandi highlighted Indigenous Ecuadorian women’s concerns that the deal will worsen mining-related human rights problems.
- Minister Maninder Sidhu said the agreement is modern and ambitious and will create new opportunities for Canadian exporters in clean technology and agriculture.
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Civil society leaders call for halt to Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement
OTTAWA - Several Canadian organizations and civil society leaders are calling for a halt to a Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement, which they say will pose a risk to the environment
·Toronto, Canada
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Leaning Left14Leaning Right0Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution82% Left
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- 82% of the sources lean Left
82% Left
L 82%
C 18%
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