Advocates demand clarity from Carney on status of feminist foreign policy
Advocates demand clarity from Carney on status of feminist foreign policy

By Dylan Robertson Dozens of advocates for women and LGBTQ+ people in Canada and abroad are demanding clarity from the Carney government on its message shift on feminism. In an open letter co-ordinated by Oxfam Canada, 92 organizations and 162 individuals say they’re deeply concerned by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent statement that Canada supports equality but no longer has a feminist foreign policy. “Anti-rights actors are organizing and looking to roll back gains and make future progress more difficult. Women, girls and gender-diverse people are looking to Canada for support,” reads the letter, dated Monday. “To back away from this position of leadership at a time of dramatic global rollbacks sends the wrong message to the world.” Carney told reporters last month that while Canada no longer has an

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