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

International Trade committee   that have been doing business with India. Of course, at a larger level, we're not necessarily suggesting at this point something like the Special Economic Measures Act, which we have seen with Myanmar or China, for instance. Right now we are talking about more proactive due diligence

Foreign Affairs   facing prosecution. These charges are arbitrary and political. Cardinal Bo, the Myanmar president of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences, said it best: “In any system where the rule of law exists, providing assistance to help people facing prosecution meet their legal fees

Public Safety committee   sanctioned, along with the killers of Jamal Khashoggi, and some Venezuelan officials and people from Myanmar. I think there was one other slate of sanctions. The Magnitsky act has not been used as a piece of legislation since then. All the sanctions have been used under—I can't remember

Foreign Affairs committee   sanctions against. Some of these go back to the 1990s, including Indonesia, Myanmar and others. Another great area for this committee to study at some point is why is it that we have sanctions—

Online News Act   this recently with the war in Artsakh, Armenia, with the exodus of the Rohingya from Myanmar, and with what is happening to the Uighurs in China. We absolutely need to know what is happening abroad. We need resources so that we can do that and so that we can have people on the ground who can

International Trade committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Climate change has had a very big impact in the Asia-Pacific region. It has had terrible effects. Disasters have been catastrophic and costly in human lives, particularly in the Philippines, Thailand and Myanmar. On the business side, you see places like

International Trade committee  Thank you for the question. I'll start, and I'll turn it over to my colleague Mr. Lavigne. Many sectors are of interest to our exporting businesses. Leaving aside the countries that are signatories to the CPTPP, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand

International Trade committee   not clear that's been interrupted despite some of the heinous acts that country has committed and the sanctions that are applied to it. In a like way, when I look at ASEAN, I think about Myanmar. I think about some of the other very real investigations on human rights and atrocities

International Trade committee   rights situations in many of these countries. Labour rights are non-existent in a number of them, let alone with Myanmar.

International Trade committee  , Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and the Philippines, and to 12 when Malaysia and Brunei ratify the CPTPP. The CPTPP has been a largely beneficial agreement for agri-food, and CAFTA supports ongoing accession talks with economies that can meet its standards. CAFTA also welcomes renewed

International Trade committee  Vietnam and Taiwan are the main countries. We also do business with small countries in that region, such as Myanmar and Cambodia.

International Trade committee  I'd say the answer to that is yes. Obviously, we have to recognize that within ASEAN you have 10 sovereign countries that have very different levels of development. They go from the highly developed, such as in Singapore, where I am, to Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and the less

Points of Order  Mr. Speaker, there have been discussions, and I think that you will find unanimous consent for the following motion. I move: That the House (a) recognize the one-year anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar that took place as a new session of Parliament was set to open; (b

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