OTTAWA — The United Nations human-rights chief says Canada can boost its chances of joining the council that monitors freedom around the world by better following up on the pledges it makes at home and abroad.
"When you think of Canada, you think of human rights," said Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a Tuesday interview.
"It is important that the various recommendations that came from these various processes are obviously implemented and followed up on. And that's always a constant call from us," he said. He praised Ottawa and the provinces for coming up with action plans, but said they need to actually be followed. "There's a strong financialization of it, with many people making a lot of money as a result — but at the expense of vulnerable populations, of those who are poorer, those who are marginalized."
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