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Arbour attacks Harper on human rights

Oct 22, 2007 02:40 PM
Les Whittington Ottawa Bureau

OTTAWA - Louise Arbour, the Canadian who leads the United Nations on human rights, attacked the Harper government today for failing to maintain Canada's stature as a champion of individual rights and freedoms in the world.

The former Supreme Court of Canada justice said Canadians think of themselves as a beacon for human rights and a respected international peacekeeper butPrime Minister Stephen Harper's government is undermining that legacy by lack of action.

"Canada has to work very hard to maintain what historically has been the perception internationally, that it's a consensus builder and that it's a valid interlocutor to all," Arbour said after a speech to a conference on human rights today.

"I think that space has to be reclaimed," she told reporters