Despite much excellent scholarly literature written in recent years concerning Canadian foreign policy, surprisingly little has been written about the role of Parliament in foreign policy, and almost nothing about Parliament and human rights. Among the literature that does touch on the role of Parliament there is evident a general perception that the Canadian legislature has very little influence on the formation of foreign policy. There is general truth to portrayals of Parliament's limited intervention into decision- making. Nevertheless, the main contention of this paper is that Parliament has managed to influence the development of Canada's human rights policy in a variety of ways and on a number of different levels.