Mr. Speaker, just to be very clear, my comments were in no way a brush-off. I simply pointed out the reality, which is that the Prime Minister has described events in Canada as constituting genocide but refuses to say that events taking place now in China are genocide. That is an observation that the Prime Minister has to be accountable for.
As for the appropriateness of applying the term “genocide” to other policies in Canadian history, I am interested in hearing from experts and hearing the evidence on that. The debate we are having today, and certainly the debate I am prepared for, is that we have heard overwhelmingly from expert legal opinions that clearly a genocide is ongoing in China and necessitates a response.