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Canada is abdicating its responsibility to protect civilians in Tigray

Opinion | BY PATRICK WIGHT | July 1, 2021
In March, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau, pictured, called his Ethiopian counterpart to express “Canada's deep concern regarding credible reports of human rights violations and abuses” in Tigray, but the Liberal government possesses diplomatic levers that it has been unwilling to use and that needs to change, writes Patrick Wight. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PATRICK WIGHT | July 1, 2021
Opinion | BY PATRICK WIGHT | July 1, 2021
In March, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau, pictured, called his Ethiopian counterpart to express “Canada's deep concern regarding credible reports of human rights violations and abuses” in Tigray, but the Liberal government possesses diplomatic levers that it has been unwilling to use and that needs to change, writes Patrick Wight. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade