The federal government is being urged to halt trade talks with Brazil after another summer of record-breaking fires in the Amazon rainforest.

The talks are continuing despite Brazil's initial rejection of international funding to help fight fires in the Amazon, apparently over a personal spat with France's President Emmanuel Macron.

Trudeau's remarks came in response to a question from an attendee at a Tuesday night town hall at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont.