Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question.
First, as I said earlier, I believe that we must recognize that this is a genocide. The government must do so, and that is the first step. If we want to move in a certain direction, we must take the first step. It is essential and significant, and the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs must do it.
Second, we absolutely must get international observers on the ground in Xinjiang, and they must be impartial observers, of course. Once again, that is essential.
The Chinese government says that Xinjiang is not closed, unlike Tibet, but it is not allowing international observers to enter the area.
I believe that once the government can bring itself to utter the word “genocide”, it will be able to move in that direction, ask its ambassador to the UN, the Hon. Bob Rae, to put this issue on the table, and work on getting people on the ground.
Once that happens, we will have a chance to free the Uighur people from the yoke of Chinese oppression.