Mr. Speaker, the petitioners have given me a petition to present to the House today. Pakistani Canadians are concerned about the political turmoil in Pakistan following the unjust removal of a democratically elected government and subsequent arrest of Imran Khan.
The petitioners call upon the Canadian government, which promotes fair and free elections around the world, to take steps and measures such as implementing sanctions on corrupt military officials and banning those who have been involved with human rights violations from travelling to Canada; leveraging influence with the IMF to tie new and existing loans to Pakistan on the condition that fair and free elections are held; and requiring these measures to be continued until free and fair elections are held later this year, with the participation of all opposition political parties and leaders.