Evidence of meeting #8 for Foreign Affairs and International Development in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was egypt.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Liberal
Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
Mr. Tawfilis, you were at the church on October 16?
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Liberal
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Liberal
Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
Do you remember my colleague coming over to grab the mike?
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Liberal
Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
Do you remember what he said exactly? He said, “Take them to the United Nations, you know what the United Nations is all about.” He was making reference to the fact that the United Nations is not the body that would have answered this. If you don't remember, it's on tape. You remember those words, don't you?
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Liberal
Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
Okay, so this is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs who shows disrespect for the United Nations.
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Board Member, Mississauga, Canadian Coptic Centre
And the next day, when you raised your point in the House of Commons, we had the answer that this will be raised at the United Nations. We will follow on this and will continue on this.
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Liberal
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Liberal
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Board Member, Mississauga, Canadian Coptic Centre
It's not my place to say. I push for it.
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Liberal
Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
But do you think the government is waiting for something? Do you think the government should have said something? Do you think the government should have stepped up the very next day, after they got their marching orders on Tuesday? “Prime Minister, pick up the phone and call Ban Ki-moon”...?
We heard from the officials who were here this morning that they don't know whether this has happened. Do you think that this Prime Minister should have picked up the phone the very next day, after the minister...? Actually, he was the one who gave the government their marching orders. Do you think this should have been done?
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Board Member, Mississauga, Canadian Coptic Centre
It should have been done.
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Liberal
Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
Thank you
I have no further questions, Mr. Allison, and I thank you.
And I thank the....
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Conservative
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Chair, Coptic Orthodox Community of Greater Montreal
Earlier, in response to Mr. Dechert, I said that we thank every stakeholder who does justice to this issue, regardless of the colour of his or her party. We are not here to support any particular party in a partisan manner.
I myself have sent thank you letters to people in the Conservative Party and to people in the Liberal Party who stood up in Parliament last week to debate the motion.
I acknowledge the contributions of every individual. We're talking about deeply human problems. We're talking about human rights, murder, rape and kidnapping. When you get to this level—
