Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This came up in the House today. I think you all are aware that we are about to celebrate the anniversary of the seventh year that Yemen has been under attack and at war. Over a quarter of a million people have been killed. There have been four million people displaced because of the war, and 70% of the population, including 11.3 million children, are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.
For me, the obviousness of Canada selling arms to the Saudi regime, which is in fact putting these harms on the people of Yemen, is quite hard to bear. The United Nations Human Rights Council has twice named Canada as one of the states that are fuelling the ongoing war in Yemen by continuing arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
Considering that Canada is trying to become a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, will you be reviewing the sale of LAVs to Saudi Arabia, which have been named by the United Nations as being used in the conflict in Yemen?