Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
On behalf of our delegation and the communities that we represent, we submit the following recommendations to the subcommittee.
First, we call on the Prime Minister to issue a strong and clear public statement condemning the extrajudicial killings and calling on the Philippine government to implement the recommendations of the report of the United Nations special rapporteur Philip Alston.
Second, we ask the Canadian government to disclose information and conduct a review of Canada's support for counterterrorism capacity-building, military and police training, and CIDA programs to ensure that they are not a component of the internal security plan and contributing to human rights abuses. We ask that funding for these programs be suspended until the review is completed.
Third, we call on the Canadian government to investigate the complaints against Canadian mining companies in the Philippines, and to enact legislation to make it possible for Canadian companies to be prosecuted in Canada for human rights violations committed overseas.
Fourth and finally, we invite the subcommittee to visit the Philippines for a fact-finding mission on the human rights situation, including the extrajudicial killings and the human rights complaints against Canadian mining companies.
Thank you.