Mr. Speaker, last year the Conservatives tarnished Canada's international reputation when, for the first time in Canadian history, they voted against a human rights document and refused to ratify the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Now they are working against a similar document at the Organization of American States.
The government is hiding behind legal wrangling and nitpicking.
What is the real reason that the Conservatives have refused to join the rest of the world in supporting the human rights of aboriginal peoples?