Business of Supply   sank in the fall of Burma. I did not know my grandfather. I do not know what music he liked or what food he liked. I do not how he lived much of his life when my mother was an infant. All I have is some soccer medals, some war medals and a few photographs of John's life. His body

Burma  Mr. Speaker, I stand in the House today to focus attention on Burma. July 20 marked the fifth year of house arrest for Aung San Suu Kyi. Ms. Suu Kyi was elected by the Burmese people as leader of the opposition in 1989. Despite suggestions that it is willing to open

Foreign Affairs committee   in civil organizations, in the case of Burma, governments in exile, those who are trying to replace the dictators, to help those directly, which again bears on my answer to your second question. If one is in a particularly perilous position, by requiring assistance to go to those who

Foreign Affairs committee   regimes, like those of Burma and Belarus, and other countries in need of attention, North Korea and Iran, and yet it informs us of our unequivocal response to organizations that advocate violence and perpetrate terrorist acts. In March Canada was the first country to suspend its

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, yesterday Burma's military regime announced that Nobel laureate and National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be released from house arrest. Will the Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific share with the House Canada's reaction to this news and inform

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, Canada does have among the most generous rules in the world in accepting refugees. I appreciate the opportunity to again affirm today that Canada is receiving 805 Karen refugees, people escaping the brutal regime in Burma, who have been in a refugee camp

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, officials of the Canadian Embassy in Burma met with senior Burmese officials to express Canada's concern about the continuing detention of Aung San Suu Kyi. We are also concerned about her health and we have expressed our deep concern. We are hoping that the Burmese

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, Canada certainly welcomes the positive, if somewhat limited, developments that have been occurring in Burma. We also note that there are confidence building measures going on between Aung San Suu Kyi and the State Peace and Development Council. These are positive

Foreign Affairs committee  . Burma certainly is an area of concern. Whether or not the council will function in the same way of highlighting country situations, I honestly don't know yet, Mr. Chair, and it remains to be defined. On the question of Japan, I assume that Mr. Wilfert alludes to its desire to join

Human Rights  Mr. Speaker, we learn with great disappointment that the military-led government of Burma has again extended the term of detention for Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. This brave lady has now spent 10 of the past 16 years under house arrest. Canada strongly

Natural Resources committee   Gold in Tanzania, Glamis and Inco in Guatemala, TVI in the Philippines, Begoso and IAMGold in Ghana, Gabriel Resources in Romania, Inco in New Caledonia, Ivanhoe in Burma, First Quantum and others in the Congo. NRCan has been opposing the regulation of the behaviour of Canadian

Burma  Mr. Speaker, last summer we announced a series of economic sanctions against Burma. We have also initiated a number of diplomatic initiatives, particularly the ASEAN front where we put the matter on the agenda and asked them to address it. When I met with Dr. Win Sein yesterday

Darfur   in the world, lest we forget Zimbabwe, the Congo and Burma/Myanmar.

Burmese Refugees  Mr. Speaker, I recently returned from a trip to Burma and Thailand. While making that trip I learned a lot about human rights and some of the concerns the local people have. I had an opportunity to visit the refugee camps on the Thailand-Burma border, where there are more than

Veterans   like Burma and Hong Kong. The Year of the Veteran pays tribute to those brave men and women who gave so much of themselves to defend our freedom. These extremely courageous Canadians fought for the values on which Canada was founded and preserved. Veterans like Gary Gould and so