Madam Chair, we are aware of Canadian citizens are being detained by Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria. We are particularly concerned with cases of Canadian children in Syria. Canadian consular officials are actively engaged with Syrian Kurdish authorities to seek information about these Canadians.
I would like to clarify that it is a Criminal Code offence to travel abroad to engage in terrorist activity. Our government takes with the utmost seriousness the threat posed by travelling extremists and returnees of Daesh.