Global Week of Action

Ottawa, April 11th

Oxfam volunteers held a mock funeral for rice farmers in front of Canada's Parliament April 11 to protest rich-country pressure for lower tariffs on crops grown by poor farmers. The action followed a news conference at which Oxfam Canada called on the Canadian government to give development as much priority as exports in trade negotiations and to refrain from prizing open the markets of poor countries. The mock funeral was the first in a week of events across Canada from St. John's, Newfoundland to Victoria, B.C. to build public pressure on the Canadian government.

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