Madam Speaker, it is clear that it is pressure from the Turkish government that is driving this policy because KADEK is a democratic and peaceful organization. I would point out that the PKK, as the member knows, renounced any armed struggle over three years ago.
I am concerned that since Canada placed KADEK on the list of terrorist organizations Kurds in Canada have been suffering. CSIS has hassled them. Many of them have been denied citizenship or other immigration status or documents because of past involvement in what is now considered a terrorist organization.
I am concerned that possible involvement with HADEP, the legitimate, legal political party that Turkey recently banned, may give rise to a harassment of those Kurds in Canada who have supported the work of HADEP, work which I strongly support as well.
Does the member not recognize that CSIS and the government are acting on outdated information here, and that they are acting in a way that is causing extreme hardship and unfairness to the Kurdish community in Canada?