CCFTA: Turning a blind eye on human rights http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article/235930776-ccfta-turning-a-blind-eye-on-human-rights--action-alert

What appeared to be a postponed deal resurfaced on the agenda of the  Canadian government last week when Trade Minister Peter Van Loan re- introduced the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement into Parliament. Mr. Van Loan stressed the "opportunity for [Canada] to open markets  to the high quality products produced by Canadian workers and  businesses" and called for opposition support for what is now known  as Bill C-2...

the International Human Rights Graduate Students´ Association at the  Human Rights Research and Education Centre of the University of  Ottawa is expressing its concern to members of Parliament and the  federal government over several issues surrounding the implementation  of the deal in Canada. 

Just days before Mr. Van Loan´s announcement, the UN special  rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders noted the  "persistent insecurity faced by several categories of defenders;  their stigmatization by public officials and non-State actors; their  illegal surveillance by State intelligence services; their arbitrary  arrest and detention, and their judicial harassment; and raids of non- governmental organizations´ (NGOs) premises and theft of  information."