Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I don't know if this is the right moment to add this, but it's somewhat related to what you're saying. I just want to note that there has been a reluctance among the diplomatic community and among the donor community, particularly in Rangoon but also internationally, to talk abou

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'm sorry, I don't really know about the media in China.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I can jump in just to say that I am very uncomfortable with comparing the atrocities that every ethnic group is experiencing. If I had to say, and I have said in the past, Rohingya is an extreme example.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It's mostly about the fact that we're seeing the patterns of behaviour—the oppression against Rohingya—throughout the country, and we have been seeing it for decades. We need to be looking at the whole picture, and looking at the basic project of the government and military of cr

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Absolutely.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It's not impossible for us and the work we do. We work with local community organizations that are accustomed to working in extremely difficult situations. We've been building on that work for many years. At one point in developing the project that you're referring to, we looked

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you and good afternoon. Inter Pares is a Canadian social justice organization. We began working with people from Burma in 1991. We have significant support from Global Affairs Canada for our Burma program. My colleagues Nikki Richard and Samantha McGavin are here with me

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Sure. In the last few weeks, we have seen Aung San Suu Kyi request that the U.S. ambassador not use the word “Rohingya”. We have seen the NLD continue some of the same problematic, oppressive patterns that we had in the past. For example, the national verification process that

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Good afternoon, and thank you for this opportunity. Inter Pares is an Ottawa-based international social justice organization, and we have been working with people from Burma for over 20 years, often with significant support from the Government of Canada. Today I will build on

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  At the moment, as far as I know, there are no large-scale Canadian investment projects. From what we see, the situation is far too high risk, and I think that so far, Canadian businesses understand that and have not been.... There are no Canadian mining projects active at the mom

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The work we are hoping to do is to continue to work with ethnic civil society. While there has not been a lot of concrete progress in the last few years and in fact it's backsliding, there is still hope. This time of not a lot of progress but a lot of hope is a really critical ti

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'm not sure which of two or three different things it could be, so I'm not going to respond.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Right. Sorry.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  There definitely are some advocates within Rangoon who are identifying these particular issues. It's very difficult for them and their space is becoming increasingly limited.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would say so, yes.