Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Although we heard from Mr. Cotler, I would like to hear from the other two witnesses their expert opinion about what's happening to the Uighur people in terms of meeting the threshold of the genocide convention definition of genocide, which I'm sure you're familiar with given tha

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. Mr. Neve, I'm sure you're very familiar with article II of the convention, which includes operatively the “intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group”, etc., and defines some examples of genocide, including preventing birth

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  If what Mr. Cotler said holds, which is that it does meet the definition of genocide, how does the responsibility to protect doctrine play here, Mr. Neve?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. I'll leave that time for others to comment.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'd like to thank all the witnesses for testifying about this very important issue, all parliamentarians for taking the time to study this matter and those listening. I want to ask a question that picks up from a colleague who asked about the difference in terms of information t

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'll just pick up on that point. You mentioned there's a huge body of evidence that has established that there are leaks from the Chinese Community Party that allow us to independently verify this. It's not simply anecdotal information as it was before. We know that the Convent

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Mr. Chair, I just want to add some remarks. First off, David, I'm really happy that you proposed this conversation around the Uighur people. I've been following this for several months and have worked on these files in the past, so I'm really happy we're doing this. I would lik

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I don't know if this is common practice, but when putting forth a name, do we give the motivation, even just a one-liner, as to why we are putting forth the name? Does that happen? It would be for the rest of us. For example, we would know the expertise of a certain witness being

COVID-19 Pandemic committee  Mr. Chairman, I'd like to recognize Ms. Terry Aitken, who recently retired as a program coordinator at Volunteer West Island, a non-profit organization that recruits, trains and refers volunteers to give back to the community. Over the past decade, Ms. Aitken has coordinated volu

COVID-19 Pandemic committee  Madam Chair, I will be sharing my time with the member for Thunder Bay—Rainy River. Over the last two weeks, from Halifax to Vancouver, Calgary to Whitehorse, Canadians have been seized with the Black Lives Matter movement. Yesterday evening, in my own riding of Pierrefonds—Doll

Justice committee  I want to shift the theme for a moment to go towards young people and children. First off, I want to thank Ms. Grover for being so honest with us with what has happened to her in the past. This is a question around children, essentially. Do you feel that the courts are in a

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Thank you.

Justice committee  I'm sharing my time with Mr. Virani. Would you like to go first?

Justice committee  Minister, thank you for being here. You talked a little bit about the importance of judicial diversification and how it can help achieve the objectives of Bill C-5. We're having a number of witnesses from different backgrounds, including indigenous backgrounds, people who are b