Peter Fonseca at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On November 19th, 2020. See this statement in context.

November 19th, 2020 / 5 p.m.

Liberal

Peter Fonseca Liberal Mississauga East—Cooksville, ON

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

Welcome to our distinguished guests. Congratulations, Mr. Beasley, on your award with the WFP. Mr. Rae, as our newly minted ambassador at the UN, congratulations. Welcome, Mr. Lowcock.

I want to refocus our questions on what we're here for, which is to talk about COVID-19, the humanitarian crisis around the world and the impacts of COVID-19.

Ambassador Rae, you've previously spoken at a subcommittee of this committee when you came as our special envoy on humanitarian issues and refugees. At that committee, you talked about the abysmal conditions facing refugees in camps, like those in Bangladesh and Myanmar.

I'd like to know how COVID-19 is being addressed in similar camps around the world today, if you have some insight.

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