I think the passing of Bill C‑7 did grievous and irremediable damage to Canada's reputation as an international leader in human rights generally and also in disability rights. In particular, to have not one, not two, not three, but four United Nations human rights experts officially condemn an impending law as a violation of our country's commitments as a signatory to the United Nations convention is a big deal, or at least it ought to be a big deal for a country that fancies itself a leader in human rights. Unfortunately, this wasn't the case at all when it came to the UN human rights experts' condemnation of Bill C‑7 as violating the rights of people with disabilities.
It's guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, but on the contrary, the government ignored this for months, and even had the nerve to quote from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the preamble of Bill C‑7. That, of course, takes nerve and/or a badly malfunctioning ethical compass.