e-412 (Honduras)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-90-01 Government Response to petitions concerning Honduras
- Aboriginal rights
- Cáceres, Berta
- Dams
- Environmentalists
- Foreign policy
- Homicide
- Honduras
- Inquiries and public inquiries
- Oppression
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- On March 3, 2016, Honduran Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres was murdered and Mexican activist Gustavo Castro Soto shot and wounded;
- Several people were detained for this crime, but there is little confidence that the investigation – plagued with irregularities – will lead to convictions or that the authors of the crime have been identified;
- Ms. Cáceres' high profile murder means no activist is safe in Honduras;
- The Cáceres family and the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Peoples of Honduras (COPINH) have faced escalating repression, violence and harassment;
- Since the 2009 military-backed coup in Honduras, well over 100 Indigenous and environmental activists have been murdered; and
- Despite the climate of violence and impunity, the Canadian government entered into a free trade agreement with Honduras, while lobbying for a mining code that favours companies and puts people and the environment at risk.
- Open for signature
- June 14, 2016, at 3:24 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- October 12, 2016, at 3:24 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
Elizabeth May
(Saanich—Gulf Islands)
October 19, 2016 (Petition No. 421-00779) - Government response tabled
- December 2, 2016
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 44 |
British Columbia | 221 |
Manitoba | 24 |
New Brunswick | 10 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 3 |
Northwest Territories | 1 |
Nova Scotia | 54 |
Nunavut | 1 |
Ontario | 238 |
Prince Edward Island | 9 |
Quebec | 105 |
Saskatchewan | 10 |
Yukon | 6 |