Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   exploitation, forced and bonded labour, and child labour in global textile supply chains in countries like Myanmar and Bangladesh. These abuses can be directly linked to the garments and home textiles imported and sold in countries like the United States, Europe, and of course Canada

Christmas   and goodwill in our families, in our communities, in Canada, and around the world. This Christmas, I ask that people please join me in praying for those affected by the violence in Iraq, Syria, Myanmar, north Africa, and beyond. Right here at home, let us remember those who are grieving

Citizenship and Immigration committee   in Myanmar, in Bangladesh. You indicated the number of African countries where conflict has resulted in millions of refugees. What framework would you use to assess and prioritize how Canada should engage in bringing in refugees?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   out. In a regional project across east Asia, including Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar, we operated a project to support children and families at risk of forced labour, including in the seafood industry—an issue you're interested in on this committee

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   as likely to sustain injuries. Migrant children in this industry, mostly from Myanmar and Cambodia, also worked longer hours on average than Thai children, about six hours per week longer. Only one quarter of working children in shrimp and seafood processing between the ages of 15

Rohingya  Mr. Speaker, years of persecution, fuelled by anti-Muslim hatred, have exploded into an lslamophobic, government-led pogrom against the Rohingya in Myanmar. I had occasion to meet with special envoy Bob Rae during the recent Commonwealth parliamentary assizes in neighbouring

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much, including for your tireless advocacy on this very important issue. I think it's fair to say that what's happening in Myanmar with the Rohingya is beyond description. It's very difficult to capture in words what is taking place. We can read reports, hear

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  , basically, the UN or international community's hand. The EU did adopt a resolution, which was passed, for an independent inquiry, which is moving forward now. As you said, Myanmar did oppose that. The irony here is that they keep denying and keep downplaying anything that's going

Canadian Heritage committee  The global arena engages both what I refer to as religious literacy—understanding the religion of leaders in another country—and political theology, in that a number of countries are majority communities of one religion; Myanmar is majority Buddhist, and Iran is majority Muslim

Canadian Heritage committee   in the Prime Minister's announcement in regard to matching funds for Myanmar, that we're back to where we were until about 18 months ago, where World Relief and World Vision are back included with the group that includes the Red Cross and others.

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, Canadians have watched in horror as hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people have been forced from their homes and murdered in Myanmar over recent months in what is being described as ethnic cleansing. Last week, the government announced major initiatives to help

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Scarborough—Rouge Park for his involvement in this important issue. Our government remains deeply concerned by the crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya. That is why I just launched a Myanmar crisis relief fund, a matching

Foreign Affairs committee   outside the country concerned, Myanmar's Rohingya crisis, Yemen, South Sudan, Iraq, Syria being some of the most obvious contemporary examples. There is no global arms embargo in place for any of those countries, which is absurd and outrageous. It would require a UN Security Council

Citizenship and Immigration committee   citizenship law in Myanmar itself is not in line with international standards and creates statelessness rather than trying to avoid it. Also, for the Rohingyas it's not just the law itself. There are provisions in this law that would allow Rohingyas to be recognized as citizens

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, as I mentioned in my recommendations, I think there is a need for strong advocacy with the Government of Myanmar to make sure that they are committed to addressing the situation and finding a solution to resolve at least the situation of the Rohingya, which includes