Madam Speaker, the petition I present today once again stresses that Canada cannot remain silent in the face of the ongoing atrocities against the Uighur people by the Chinese Communist Party, such as, birth suppression through forced sterilization and abortion; political and anti-religious indoctrination; arbitrary detention and separation of parents and children; invasive surveillance; destruction of cultural sites; forced labour; and forced organ harvesting. Three million Uighurs and other Muslim minorities are being detained in what can only be described as concentration camps.
These Canadians petition the Prime Minister to formally recognize the genocide. They are aware that the House, including many sitting members of the Liberal Party, support Canada recognizing this genocide by the Communist Party. They also call on Canada to use the Magnitsky act to sanction those who are responsible for heinous crimes against the Uighur people.