Peggy Nash, Viviana Herrera and Caren Weisbart, originally published in the Hill Times

Human rights, not corporate rights, should drive international trade relations under this new government.

International relations today are rife with difficult challenges to peace, security, democracy, the rule of law, human rights, and a healthy environment. 

Prime Minister Mark Carney calls this a “hinge moment” for Canada—a chance to lessen our reflexive economic and security ties to the United States, and strive for wider and more equitable foreign and trade relations. 

We could not agree more. Canada can and should transform the role it has played internationally, to meet sovereign nations on equal grounds and forge agreements that guarantee civil, political, social, economic, and environmental rights. 

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