Canada and Ecuador have negotiated a free trade agreement that is fiercely opposed by Indigenous Peoples, trade justice advocates, water defenders and human rights and environmental justice organizations in Ecuador. We join them in opposing the deal for the following reasons.
- There is a dire human rights crisis in Ecuador
- Civil society organizations and Indigenous organizations in Ecuador were never consulted
- The FTA threatens the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Ecuador
- The FTA will multiply mining-related harms
- Threats to the rights of women and girls
- Undemocratic corporate investment protections threaten rights and the environment
- Worker protections will be further undermined
- Canada has no meaningful mechanism to prevent or provide redress for abuses committed by Canadian companies abroad