Subcommittee on International Human Rights Committee on Nov. 7th, 2023

Evidence of meeting #38 for Subcommittee on International Human Rights in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was children.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Unlawful Transfer of Ukrainian Children to Russia

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Mykola Kuleba Chief Executive Officer, Save Ukraine

Kateryna Lytvynenko Humanitarian Policy and Advocacy Manager, Save the Children

Kseniia Koldin As an Individual

Denys Berezhnyi As an Individual

Anastasiia Motychak As an Individual

Vladyslav Rudenko As an Individual

Yevgen Mezhevoj As an Individual

Tetiana Bodak As an Individual

Kateryna Rashevska Legal Expert, Regional Center for Human Rights, Save Ukraine

1 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

I might suggest that rather than discussing it here.... There are a lot of other steps that the proposals have to go through. If we adopt both proposals.... I think the inclination was a prioritization of the New York proposal. Every party has tools to stop it later on if they wish.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Fayçal El-Khoury

I believe we will have no unanimity on that, so both projects—

1 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

We don't have time at this meeting.

1 p.m.

NDP

Heather McPherson NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

There's a consensus, and we do not have—

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Fayçal El-Khoury

We have no consensus, so we will forget about it.

Thank you.

You have received earlier today a draft work plan for the study—

We'll leave it for tomorrow.

1 p.m.

An hon. member

I think we would want Mike here for the work plan.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Fayçal El-Khoury

Okay. Thank you.

The meeting is adjourned.