Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Not at all. I think the mandate of this committee is to deal with international human rights violations, and yes, it is mentioned in the mandate that it is primarily focused outside of violations that take place in Canada, but of course these violations are taking place outside o

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. Thank you. I think the challenges raised by these international human rights violations—the ones that have been mentioned by the previous speakers—already set the context for that. Whenever Canada is going to be standing up about these international human rights obligations

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, MP Chiu, for this question. I know that Amnesty International has some research with respect to the border region. Regrettably, I can't provide further context on that. I would be very happy to take on your question, consult with my regional colleagues who are experts

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members, for inviting me to participate in this briefing. I'm joining you tonight from unceded Algonquin Anishinabe territory in Ottawa. Before I begin my testimony, I would like to take a moment to acknowledge the Library of Parliament analyst

Foreign Affairs committee  Like Mr. Champ, I'm unfortunately not an expert to be able to provide advice in that regard, aside from what logic dictates. That is, of course, that one can only expect that the serious conditions they are being subjected to, not just physically but also emotionally, would have

Foreign Affairs committee  I did have the opportunity to review the former minister's intervention on this point and can only hope that we will change course, noting that we have a new minister in place now. Mr. Genuis, in response to your question, I think it is very much apparent that there's no clear a

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members, for inviting me to this phase of your study on the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm joining you this afternoon from unceded Algonquin Anishinabe territory in Ottawa. I would like to focus my remarks on the situation facing 46 Canadian citizens

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Harris. My colleagues, I think, from Project Ploughshares and potentially Rideau Institute will have more to say. One thing I would just mention that's important in that connection, particularly in the Turkish context, is article 7(7) of the ATT,

Foreign Affairs committee  If I might just add one further comment on the question of the final report that is being raised, I think it's important to recognize, first, that as a matter of Canadian law, the discretion around the analysis that's to be conducted—if you look at section 7 of the Export and Imp

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to begin by acknowledging that I am joining the committee from unceded Algonquin territory in Ottawa, Ontario. We would like to thank the committee for inviting us, particularly on International Human Rights Day. We wish all of the committee membe

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In that respect I'll return to the comments I made previously. The required protection is there. It's what we have in the IRB. If you're looking for recommendations as to what adequately protects the rights of refugees, look to the procedure in the IRB.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I may have lost some part of the question, but you made reference to a safe third country. That's certainly nowhere in my testimony. The discussion concerned the refugee protection regime as it exists in the four countries that would currently be captured by this legislation and

Citizenship and Immigration committee  With full respect to the UNHCR's position of what they've set out as a safe third country, I think I've also given the committee other resources to look at to determine the extent to which the United States is a safe third country. I've pointed to one report and to decisions by l

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I won't comment specifically, except on one piece you brought up with respect to deterrence regimes. This is something that Amnesty International has documented carefully, including in the report I referred to, and elsewhere on the continent. We've had discussions. Our Americas

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would just end that point by saying this needs to be understood in the context of the North American hemisphere. Canada is largely absent from that problem. Thank you.