Rights advocates welcome Canada’s exclusion from Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
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Mark Carney should not join US plan for Gaza that ‘makes mockery of Palestinian self-determination’, rights groups say.
Canadian human rights groups have welcomed Donald Trump’s decision to revoke an invitation for Prime Minister Mark Carney to join the United States president’s so-called Board of Peace, saying Canada should not take part in a “colonial scheme”.
The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) said on Friday that “it is a relief that Canada is no longer welcome” on the Trump-led board.
“At a time of mass war crimes and humanitarian disaster in Gaza, Canada should be trying to align with international law and human rights,” the group said on social media.
“The ‘Board of Peace’ makes a mockery of Palestinian self-determination and Canada should have nothing to do with it.”
That was echoed by the advocacy group Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME), which said Carney’s participation would have given the board “undeserved legitimacy”.
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