Mr. Speaker, the massacre of thousands of Hutu refugees by the Rwandan army on Saturday raises many questions regarding the use of Canadian aid to Rwanda, which amounts to a hundreds of millions of dollars over the past 30 years.
There is a growing rumour that these funds may have been diverted and, in the light of disturbing revelations relating to the murder of Brother Cardinal, the government must reconsider its support and assistance to the regime currently in place in Rwanda.
Instead of being lax and complacent, the government must immediately check into this matter and release the findings of the special envoy it dispatched to the scene. Otherwise, one could wonder if the government is not backing, through its international assistance, a regime which has no qualms slaughtering its own refugees.