A leading human rights group says Canada is failing to address long-standing abuses, delivering a scathing rebuke of what it calls the federal government's inadequate climate policy and violations of the rights of Indigenous people and immigration detainees.
more than two-dozen First Nations remain under long-term drinking water advisories, despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to bring that number down to zero.
The New-York based rights group also says Canada's border agency continues to operate without oversight, detaining some asylum-seekers indefinitely. The criticisms levelled in the group's annual "World Report" extend to Canada's climate change policy, as well. The report censures the government for its G20-leading public financing of fossil fuel projects and inadequate measures to support First Nations in adapting to the impacts of climate change.people, highlighting the federal government's recent commitments to a national action plan to strengthen rights at home and abroad.
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