ACCOUNTABILITY URGED ON FORCED STERILIZATIONS

Amnesty International Canada is calling on the federal government to appoint a special representative to hear from Indigenous women coerced into sterilization procedures — to learn what justice would look like for them. The human rights organization also plans to raise awareness at this month’s UN Committee Against Torture about the forcible practice of burning or tying fallopian tubes in Canada. Amnesty’s Jacqueline Hansen says there must be accountability from federal, provincial and medical authorities.