Mr. Speaker, my petition is also on the subject of Falun Gong or Falun Dafa, a peaceful practice that emphasizes truth, compassion and forbearance and that is centred on Chinese traditional practices. Its practitioners have been persecuted for, frankly, no good reason by the Chinese government since 1999.
The petitioners request that Canada take a strong stance against the persecution, and in particular against the practice of organ harvesting. Falun Gong practitioners in many cases, and this is extremely well documented, have been used for involuntary organ harvesting. We can imagine what this results in for the people whose organs are being harvested; it is effectively a form of permitted murder. The issue was well investigated by David Kilgour and David Matas, who presented impressive testimony at the international human rights subcommittee, of which I was chair.
The petitioners ask that we take a strong stand on the issue.