Mr. Speaker, the next petition I have to present today is from Canadians from across the country who are concerned about the treatment of the Uighur population in China. The Chinese Communist Party is using methods such as forced sterilization and abortion and birth suppression, and there is a mounting body of evidence that the Uighurs are undergoing anti-religious indoctrination, arbitrary detention, separation of children from families, invasive surveillance and the destruction of cultural sites.
The petitioners are calling on Canada to use the Magnitsky act to bring justice to the individuals suffering in China and for the Government of Canada to formally recognize the treatment of Uighurs in China as a genocide.