Evidence of meeting #32 for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was iran.
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May 13th, 2021 / 5:40 p.m.
Assistant Deputy Minister, Safety and Security, Department of Transport
Perhaps my colleague Ms. McCardell may speak to the others.
We've absolutely worked very closely. In fact, ministers have made multiple representations and statements at ICAO exercising our concerns and describing what we would like to see from Iran—all the way from clear, transparent investigation to turning over the black boxes. There were a number of different areas with respect to compliance with its international obligations, not only to annex 13, but to ensure that civil aviation is safe in that country.
Perhaps Ms. McCardell would like to supplement that answer.
5:40 p.m.
Assistant Deputy Minister, Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I think what we will be doing in our engagement on this issue going forward is to use every single opportunity we have to gain leverage to pressure Iran to provide the justice and accountability we've been talking about since January 8 a year ago. We are looking very closely at what those opportunities are—whether we work with like-minded bodies directly, whether we work with the coordination group, whether we use UN forums or the yearly Iranian human rights resolution we have with the United Nations. We're looking at every tool we have and we'll be very careful and strategic in how we use those tools to apply the pressure we need at the right time to advance our reparation negotiations and to be able to get those answers and the fair compensation that families deserve.
5:45 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Vance Badawey
Thank you, Ms. McCardell.
Mr. Bachrach, thank you as well for your last intervention.
Thank you to all the witnesses. You brought out the entire team today, and we really appreciate that. We had a lot of great dialogue between you and the members, and I want to thank you for that.
To members as well, thank you for the meeting today. It was a great exchange. Please enjoy your constituency week next week. We'll see you back the following week.
With that, I'll take this opportunity to adjourn the meeting. Good night.