—and in January the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges called the Honduran government's dismissal of four Supreme Court justices a violation of international norms and “a grave threat to democracy”.
Let me ask you this. Is this the kind of country—one that does not respect democracy, violates its citizens' most basic rights, intimidates judges, commits atrocities and human rights abuses, murders journalists and political leaders, is corrupt, is a drug smuggling centre, is unable to maintain the rule of law—that DFAIT believes Canadians want our government to extend preferential trade access to?