Foreign Affairs committee  Normally, yes, but there are exceptions.

Foreign Affairs committee  In fact, Nathalie came to Canada without her children, and she returned to get her children. We are really convinced that the children are as much in danger as Nathalie is and that they are being mistreated by the father. As regards Mr. Deepak Obhrai's visit to my daughter, whic

Foreign Affairs committee  I haven't counted the number of times, but they definitely haven't communicated often with me. However, I have communicated with them. Saeed has communicated with them and Nathalie has communicated with them through Saeed.

Foreign Affairs committee  Nathalie has three children. I'm their grandmother, not a doctor, but I would say that Samir, the eldest, is the one most affected. Samir is seven years old. He doesn't speak well in French, English or Arabic. He understands a bit of everything, but he doesn't speak a lot. He doe

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, definitely. Abdullah is regularly whipped by his father, for example, when he doesn't listen to instructions about electrical outlets. The father burns them with a candle and bites them. Samir has a scar on one arm and a number that are a result of bites by his father. I hav

Foreign Affairs committee  I already have a medical certificate. I handed it over to Foreign Affairs on March 12. That medical certificate dated back to January. I believe it was the 6th or 9th. There was just one visit. Samir had an intestinal problem. The fear was that sexual abuse was involved. The phys

Foreign Affairs committee  They respond to my calls and I'm told that nothing can be done since Nathalie is in Saudi Arabia and that country, which is sovereign, makes all the decisions.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's exactly what I want and what I'm seeking. To date, I believe the Canadian government or the embassy there has spent a lot of time explaining itself or trying to convince us that it didn't need to help Nathalie because she wasn't that badly off. However, I looked at the cas

Foreign Affairs committee  Good afternoon. My name is Johanne Durocher, Nathalie Morin's mother. Thank you for the privilege you are granting me today of being here together with my counsel, Mr. Stéphane Beaulac, who is a professor of international law at the University of Montreal. Since March 2005, Nat