Evidence of meeting #64 for Subcommittee on International Human Rights in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was vietnamese.
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2 p.m.
Conservative
Nina Grewal Conservative Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC
Thank you, Chair. It's a very small question.
Is the Government of Vietnam sensitive to the kinds of actions we would take here in Canada with respect to human rights?
2 p.m.
Conservative
Nina Grewal Conservative Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC
Is the Government of Vietnam sensitive to the actions we take here in Canada with respect to human rights?
2 p.m.
Chairman, Viet Tan
I would say yes. The Vietnamese government is, generally speaking, very sensitive to international pressure. They recognize that they have a need to integrate with the world economically, and security-wise as well, so they are very much sensitive to this. If we keep pushing and exerting pressure wherever we can, whenever we can, I think it will definitely help.
It has been helping. Imagine if there were no pressure, none whatsoever. Things would be 10 times worse in Vietnam, if not 100 times worse. So yes, we need that very much.
2 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Scott Reid
Thank you very much.
Mr. Do, you mentioned sending us an updated list of prisoners of conscience. If you could pass that on to our clerk, he'll make sure to distribute it to all the members. Just to be clear about this, there is an open line of communication. You need not send only one list. If you find that you require further updates if information changes, you can send that along as well and it will continue to be distributed to all members.
2 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Scott Reid
Thank you very much for coming today and thank you for bringing such a large representation from the diaspora community. We're very grateful that you could bring this important matter to the subcommittee's attention today.