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Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I need some more details. I did not fully understand his question.

May 31st, 2021House debate

Marc GarneauLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I will have to get more information on this matter before I can respond.

May 31st, 2021House debate

Marc GarneauLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, we are very aware of Ms. Morin's situation, because we are in contact, and consular officials are closely monitoring this case. They are prepared to provide consular assistance if Ms. Morin requires it. We are following this file closely.

May 31st, 2021House debate

Marc GarneauLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I want to very clearly state once again that it is a Criminal Code offence to travel abroad to engage in terrorist activity and that our government takes with the utmost seriousness the threats posed by travelling extremists and returnees of Daesh.

May 31st, 2021House debate

Marc GarneauLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, Canada is certainly willing to play a role. It is something we can do as a country that is well respected by other countries. I have contacted my counterparts in Egypt, Jordan, Israel, the United States and the Palestinian Authority to let them know this. Right now,

May 31st, 2021House debate

Marc GarneauLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, to answer the question on the BDS movement, Canada is a steadfast ally and friend to the Palestinian people. However, let me be clear: We condemn BDS. Canada remains deeply concerned about efforts to isolate Israel internationally. Parliament made its concern about

May 31st, 2021House debate

Marc GarneauLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I thank my colleague for the question. We have imposed sanctions on Belarus and we are in the process of considering other sanctions over the act that was just committed with the Ryanair flight and the capture of the Belarusian journalist.

May 31st, 2021House debate

Marc GarneauLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, we are taking the accusations of genocide very seriously and Canada is gravely concerned by the reports we have obtained on the situation in Xinjiang. We have also been very clear that China must provide access to the Xinjiang region to a group of experts to examine

May 31st, 2021House debate

Marc GarneauLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, to answer the question, I would say that Canada is currently assessing what it will do with its surplus vaccines when the time comes. As the Prime Minister has said, that is something we want to do to help other countries that do not have the means to get vaccines.

May 31st, 2021House debate

Marc GarneauLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, we are aware of Canadian citizens are being detained by Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria. We are particularly concerned with cases of Canadian children in Syria. Canadian consular officials are actively engaged with Syrian Kurdish authorities to seek informatio

May 31st, 2021House debate

Marc GarneauLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, what I want to tell my colleague from Montarville is that those children belong to families who are responsible for them. They cannot be separated from their families.

May 31st, 2021House debate

Marc GarneauLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, there are a lot of things that we have said about the Iran government. It is a state sponsor of terrorism. It is a country that does not respect human rights. It is a country that is always trying to defy its denuclearization obligations. We will continue to criticiz

May 31st, 2021House debate

Marc GarneauLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, we know that one thing Israel is negotiating for is the return of the two bodies and the two civilians. Our $25 million in humanitarian assistance is intended to go to, first of all, the most pressing basic needs, such as food, water and medicines, and to funding for

May 31st, 2021House debate

Marc GarneauLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, the United Nations is not a perfect organization. It has many bodies, some of which perform extremely well and others which could do better in terms of reform. Canada has taken the position that it is important for us to engage with this global multilateral organizat

May 31st, 2021House debate

Marc GarneauLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, in fact it was under my hon. colleague's government that the Quds Force was listed as a terrorist entity, and we agree with that; and several other regional terrorist groups that Iran finances have also been listed as terrorist entities. We have also sanctioned indiv

May 31st, 2021House debate

Marc GarneauLiberal