Madam Speaker, I have great respect for the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and I want to give them an opportunity to address a major concern for Canada and the world.
Presently there is grave concern regarding the behaviour of the Chinese Communist Party around COVID-19 with its lack of transparency and accountability, genocide against the Uighur Muslims, crimes against humanity against Tibetans and the fact that it exercises debt hostage-taking in weak nations.
Page 30 mentions Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, although Huseyin Celil is not mentioned. He is another Canadian citizen who has been incarcerated unjustly by the Chinese Communist Party. If we are going to build back better, why was there nothing in the throne speech in regard to taking our place in foreign affairs policy and making sure that we defend Canadians against the Chinese Communist Party?