Good and well-crafted essay. But the elephant in the room, which few discuss, is that PM Trudeau and Global Affairs Minister Stephane Dion do not truly support international human and democratic rights. True, if one logs into the Global Affairs web site, the department claims Canada supports human rights. And Canada can sling a few million dollars here and there in support. But Trudeau and Dion seem quite comfortable dining with dictators. And the Canada China lobby have close knit ties with the Liberal party. Few in our national media dare investigate these ties.