Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada brought an interprovincial team with him to speak to the concerns raised by member states and in the summary report, and to address ‘improvements’ since the 3rd UPR in 2018, Their focus was to show that Canada is deserving of the seat it is seeking at the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2028-2030 term. Certainly Canada does not wanted to be embarrassed by another lost bid like they were in 2020 for the United Nations Security Council.

However, despite the domestic focus at least ten member states spoke about Canada’s need to address the genocide happening in Gaza, through a ceasefire, and/or humanitarian aid or other actions to hold Israel accountable.