Anita Vandenbeld at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On December 3rd, 2018. See this statement in context.

December 3rd, 2018 / 5:30 p.m.

Liberal

Anita Vandenbeld Liberal Ottawa West—Nepean, ON

Thank you.

I want to thank both of you for your incredibly compelling testimony today.

I was wondering if you could elaborate on the particulars of the humanitarian crisis, and particularly the role of the state. I noticed, Professor Cotler, that you used language that suggests it was orchestrated by the state, that it's a deliberate, weaponized form of crimes against humanity. This suggests that the humanitarian crisis is not just a consequence of the human rights and political abuses but is actually a method of the human rights abuses. Could you perhaps elaborate on that?

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