Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I'd like to follow up on that. Global Affairs Canada issued a notice that Canadians shouldn't travel to Myanmar. My question is very simple: Were Canadians in Myanmar advised to leave the country?

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, as part of our comprehensive measures, we have a calibrated engagement policy. In terms of engagement with Myanmar, we will only engage with Myanmar officials to discuss the following issues: one, restoration of the democratically elected government and release

Foreign Affairs committee   in Yangon and respective capitals. You will note that he welcomed the courageous decision of Myanmar's permanent representative to the United Nations in terms of claiming allegiance to the democratically elected government and denouncing the coup. We are conferring in terms of other

Foreign Affairs committee  Okay. Does Global Affairs Canada have any concerns about development assistance for the 130,000 Rohingya who are still in Myanmar? Are there any concerns that the development assistance for those 130,000 Rohingya may, in fact, be exacerbating the human rights situation

Foreign Affairs committee  We have a robust process of export controls, and to the extent products are sold to entities in Myanmar, if export controls are not required they can move through legitimate means of commerce. I'm not sure how this particular product is being used at the moment. I'm happy

Foreign Affairs committee  Colleagues, welcome back. We're now ready to proceed to our briefing on the current situation in Myanmar. Once again, to ensure an orderly meeting, I would encourage all participants to mute their microphones when they're not speaking. When you have 30 seconds left in your

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  , dignified and voluntary return to their homeland. There are 600,000 Rohingya who remain in Myanmar, including 130,000 confined to camps since 2012 in central Rakhine State, where they are denied freedom of movement, equal access to citizenship and access to essential services. In both

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   from Venezuela and Myanmar. To ensure an orderly meeting, I would encourage all participants to mute their microphones when they're not speaking, and to address all comments through the chair. When you have about 30 seconds left, I will put this up so that you can see that you have

Petitions  -violent movements in Myanmar and Canada that are highlighting the issues around the military coup. I thank all those who have signed, and various members of the various communities who have been very active in highlighting the situation there. I am sure all members stand

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   2017. In January this year, the Government of Bangladesh announced that it would allow Rohingya children, who constitute almost half of the refugee population, access to education under the academic curriculum followed in Myanmar. Unfortunately, because of COVID-19

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, absolutely. The situation is already far too protracted. As Mr. Mueller said, the conditions right now, even in Rakhine State, are such that the Rohingya within Myanmar cannot go back to their places of origin. The Rohingya in Bangladesh have already been there for three

Foreign Affairs committee  . With respect to Myanmar, we have a consolidated list under SEMA of individuals and entities who are prohibited to deal with.... That does not necessarily mean there's a blanket dealings ban, but it is something that we are considering. As we move forward, we will maintain all options

Foreign Affairs committee  Are you aware of a Montreal company known as Dickens & Madson Canada Inc., which has entered into a $2-million lobbying contract, recently registered in the United States, to carry on lobbying work on behalf of the Myanmar military to try to fight against sanctions and lobby

Foreign Affairs committee   send a clear signal to the illegitimate authorities in Myanmar that Canada disapproves of the coup.

Foreign Affairs committee  That was certainly an interesting answer, but not necessarily to the question I asked, so I'll ask it again quickly. Once there is assurance that many—if not all—Canadian citizens in Myanmar have left the country, isn't there a plan to close the embassy