Mr. Speaker, I will present one final petition, regarding the situation in Burma. The petitioners draw to the attention of the House the horrific crimes of the military junta in Burma, with the continuing indiscriminate killing, torture, rape, imprisonment, displacement of civilians and air strikes targeting civilians and vital humanitarian supplies. They note that the state-owned Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise accounts for a majority of the funding the military receives that enables its ongoing campaigns against civilians, that Canada has an obligation to support the people of Myanmar, as it has outlined in the context of its responsibility to protect and its obligations to the Rohingya and other persecuted minorities.
Therefore, the petitioners want the Government of Canada to call for an immediate end to executions, atrocities and human rights abuses by the Burmese junta. They want to see humanitarian aid delivered in a cross-border way through opposition-controlled areas instead of through areas controlled by the military junta. They want to see technological and logistical support for communications infrastructure to help the opposition, the NUG and other opposition elements that are successfully defending themselves and the people against the junta.
The petitioners would like to see the government impose sanctions against the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise, including blocking direct and indirect oil and gas purchases that support the Burmese regime. They also want more collaboration with pro-democracy groups promoting the work of the NUG and reconciliation among the various communities in Burma that are working together to advance a free, pluralistic democracy. Petitioners are calling for tougher sanctions against the junta, cross-border aid and support for the democracy movement.
I hope this petition will receive the support of all members. I commend it to the House.
I will leave it there.