Mr. Speaker, thousands of Quebecers who watched the television program Enjeux were horrified at the dramatic consequences of the Chinese birth rate policy. One million infant girls are rejected every year and left to die in crowded institutions, just because they were not born male. They die of neglect in government operated nurseries.
By refusing to raise the issue of human rights with his Chinese counterparts, on the pretext that this would hurt our trade relations, the Prime Minister is condoning this shameful practice. It is desperately urgent that this government face up to the human rights situation in China and condemn the violation of the most basic rights of Chinese infants.