Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   some background, this subcommittee has been very engaged and troubled by what's been happening in Myanmar and by the plight of the Rohingya. In fact, we published a report last June, “Sentenced to a Slow Demise: The Plight of Myanmar's Rohingya Minority”. We followed that up

International Development  Mr. Speaker, 2017 was marked by many disasters and ongoing crises, including violence and famine in Africa, the crisis in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, hurricanes in the Caribbean, and ethnic cleansing in Myanmar. In 2018, humanitarian needs throughout the world will be unprecedented

Citizenship and Immigration committee   there was colonial rule in Asia and other parts of the world. In Myanmar you have the Rakhine community, which is strongly Buddhist and extremely nationalistic. That region, before the British, used to be a separate kingdom. The Rakhine claim that this kingdom was theirs, and because

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  There's obviously been unparalleled change, leading to considerable hope in Myanmar in recent years. The new NLD government led by Aung San Suu Kyi now faces enormous challenges in addressing considerable human rights challenges, not just because of their scale and how

Foreign Affairs committee   the international community is pushing for, and it is something Canada stands behind very strongly. You mentioned the Prime Minister's special envoy, Bob Rae. Bob's appointment to look into this issue—to travel to Myanmar, to travel to Rakhine State—is a very important part of our commitment

Business of Supply  , the foreign affairs minister, on one of his junkets, went to Myanmar. He walked in there and said that we will give it some money, $44 million, and then he flew out again. Since then, the situation in Myanmar has completely disintegrated. There is a democratically elected government

Questions on the Order Paper   to be co-financed with the World Bank, Oman: Duqm Port Commercial Terminal and Operational Zone Development Project and Railway System Preparation Project, Myanmar: Myingyan Power Plant Project, Pakistan: Tarbela 5 Hydropower Extension Project and National Motorway M-4 Project

Human Rights   their concerns about stateless Rohingya and their situation, whether it is inside Myanmar or in Bangladesh. This was important for me to hear on behalf of the Canadian government. We have offered close to $4 million in humanitarian aid to help people in need in that region. When the former

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and distinguished members of the committee, for inviting me to speak on the Rohingya human rights situation in Myanmar. You have already presented my introduction and the work of the Arkan Project, so I will move immediately to a brief overview

Bill C-63 A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2017 and other measures

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Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, Rohingya refugees continue to live in dire circumstances. They face serious challenges related to food, shelter, health, and the safety of women and children. The Myanmar crisis relief fund, which the government announced last month, has come to an end. Canadians

Human Rights   standard for fundamental rights. Events of 2017 have reminded us that these are far from guaranteed for countless people around the world. In Myanmar, violent ethnic persecution has forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh, with little hope for a safe return

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   of the challenges of having Bangladesh provide for the basic human rights of the Rohingya refugees who are in Bangladesh. Apart from the humanitarian assistance that Bangladesh itself provides, after the wave of migrants left Rakhine State and both Myanmar and Bangladesh last summer

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  With respect to the kind of assistance that would be most useful in Rakhine, and perhaps the economic development in Rohingya, I think it's fair to say that the previous government of Myanmar took a decision that was quite unprecedented, stopping the development

Salaries Act   we are giving to organizations abroad, and it is very much focused on women and girls around the world. There is a particular emphasis as well in some of the humanitarian assistance we are giving in the Rohingya state and the situation happening outside Myanmar right now. I know