International Trade committee   in Myanmar with the Rohingya people. For five years, our group, the Burma task force and Justice for All, was talking about an impending genocide, until it was too late, in 2017, and then our government took action. We want to make sure we are proactive about it, and hence it needs

Foreign Affairs committee   the third pole, because Tibet has the largest number of glaciers and permafrost, which feed all these major rivers that flow into Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and into China itself. In China 50% of the water is polluted. Tibet is the only place

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I know that in 2007 we had similar bans against Burma.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the next petition I am tabling highlights the human rights situation in Burma. It notes that in the coup earlier this year, there were a large number of people killed and detained. There is also the systematic killing, abducting and torturing of civilians by Myanmar

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to Canadian aid to Burma and the need to enforce the economic sanctions on Burmese military officials: (a) how is the funding from the Joint Peace Fund being allocated since the military coup in February 2021; (b) is any funding being directed to or through state

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am presenting four petitions today. The first petition is a new one and, if members will bear with me, there are a number of different elements to it. It highlights the situation in Burma and calls for engagement by the Government of Canada. In particular

Questions on the Order Paper  ), Canada first imposed sanctions in relation to Myanmar under the special economic measures, Burma, regulations, on December 13, 2007, in order to respond to the gravity of the human rights and humanitarian situation in Myanmar, which threatened peace and security in the region

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is good to be here in person. I am tabling five petitions today. The first petition is e-petition 3213 with respect to the very concerning situation in Burma. Petitioners note the military coup that has taken place, the people who have been detained

Standing Orders and Procedure   about what the people of Burma have endured and are facing ahead, having struggled to achieve a partial democracy and now seeing even that very limited democracy knocked down by another military coup. Canada must engage swiftly in response to events in Burma. Some members will recall

Human Rights   in China and the peoples of China by Cardinal Bo, who is the Catholic cardinal in Burma and serves as the president to the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences. Following his call for this week to be a week of prayer for the situation of Christians and other communities in China

Foreign Affairs committee  Okay. On February 18, the government amended the Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations to prohibit transactions involving related financial goods and services with a number of designated persons. However, as of March 12, Le Devoir reported that a Canadian company had

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   in the beginning. Of course, the situation does not compare to that of some developing countries or, for example, what is currently happening in Burma. Nevertheless, we see citizens in America who arrest parliamentarians outright and incite their fellow citizens to do the same. We saw

Member for Yukon   ministers. He has earned a reputation as one of the hardest-working MPs. The member has been a passionate voice for a variety of environmental and social justice issues, a long-time advocate for ending poverty and homelessness, a founding member of the Parliamentary Friends of Burma

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   on what Canada can do, Canada has done quite well, but this needs a wider coalition of international actors, who can say to the Government of Burma—the Government of Myanmar—that this group has to be afforded their rights. Is it safe to do so now? I don't think so.

Foreign Affairs   are the Magnitsky sanctions? The government used them with respect to Burma and Venezuela. When will we see Magnitsky sanctions in response to what is happening in China to deter this abuse of human rights? We continue to send hundreds of millions of dollars to the Asian Infrastructure