I do a media monitoring gig in the mornings, it turns up some surprising stuff, unfortunately I wasn’t really surprised to read this about our current Prime Minister

Canada blocking UN aboriginal rights declaration, says Amnesty

OTTAWA (CP) - Amnesty International is accusing Canada of stalling a United Nations negotiation on the rights of indigenous peoples.

The human rights group says Canada has been obstructionist and exploitive in its efforts to block discussion on the issue.

It notes that Canada and Russia were the only two members of the 47-country Human Rights Council to vote against the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in June 2006.

Amnesty says that since the Conservative government came to power in January 2006, it has been lobbying the UN General Assembly to vote against the declaration, which the previous Liberal government helped draft.

The group contends Ottawa has been encouraging abusive states in Africa, Asia and Latin America to oppose the declaration.

In bed with one repressive bunch and hob-nobbing with a bunch of abusive others, such lovely company we’re keeping these days.