Evidence of meeting #21 for Subcommittee on International Human Rights in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was tremblay.
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12:30 p.m.
Conservative
Kevin Sorenson Conservative Crowfoot, AB
Can I ask Madame St-Hilaire a question? The widow of the individual who was murdered, is she Indonesian or is she Canadian? She's Indonesian. But she was here?
12:30 p.m.
Bloc
Caroline St-Hilaire Bloc Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, QC
I should add that she came on the weekend of the 28th and 29th of May, in the context of annual bilateral discussions between Indonesia and Canada in Vancouver. That is why she made a brief visit to Ottawa, and a number of other places—hence the relevance of this motion, Mr. Sorenson.
12:30 p.m.
Liberal
The Vice-Chair Liberal Mario Silva
Okay. Are there any further questions?
The only thing I want to know is whether it would be possible to propose a minor amendment. Your recommendation begins with the words: “that Canada use appropriate diplomatic means [...]”. However, when you use diplomatic means, you don't express things publicly. It's either a diplomatic action or a public action, but not both. A diplomatic action is carried out between two governments; it's not public. Are you asking for the government to take public action or diplomatic action?
12:30 p.m.
Conservative
Kevin Sorenson Conservative Crowfoot, AB
I think, Mr. Chair, with all due respect here, that she's probably got good wording on it. She's said that Canada use “appropriate” diplomatic means. It's not just diplomatic means, but that which would be appropriate to express publicly. So there may be some venue here, in fact, that in some ways gives me more confidence in this motion than just saying that Canada use diplomatic means to express publicly. I think she's used a good word, putting in “appropriate”, because there may be some measures that diplomacy would view as being appropriate and others not.
12:35 p.m.
Liberal
12:35 p.m.
Liberal
The Vice-Chair Liberal Mario Silva
Thank you.
I think there's no other business.
The meeting is adjourned. Thank you very much.