Foreign Affairs committee  These are big topics to cover in two and a half minutes. In English, the translation is “diversion”. This is the translation of the term déjudiciarisation. I wanted to clarify this detail. Diversion can prevent children from being deprived of their freedom and ending up in a p

Foreign Affairs committee  Legal action is an important process. There's a world of timely opportunities. We've seen a significant number of countries, including Indonesia, Morocco, Burkina Faso and Colombia, take direct action. Many children have been released so that prisons don't become places of contam

Foreign Affairs committee  It's a key question. It's not only the sale of arms but also the role in peace processes and the mediation that Canada has been able to play, for instance, in the Great Lakes in Africa. That role has been rather discreet in the Middle East in recent years, so the complexity of th

Foreign Affairs committee  In my opinion the answer is integrated in the question. There is so much more that needs to be done. We need to look at Yemen also as being in the migration path of so many populations from eastern Africa that go through Yemen to reach other places. That vulnerability is key, so

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. Stable government support is important. More than ever, we see the importance of working on prevention and building local capacity that can help us respond to unforeseen events, emergencies, pandemics, armed conflict or natural disasters. In order for us to truly defi

Foreign Affairs committee  I feel I should give the floor now to Dr. Nutt because she did that for me, and I would probably speak too much. I should maybe take the last round to be polite. I'm sorry about that.

Foreign Affairs committee  The question is important. On the subject of child labour, it is interesting to note that, for once, Molière's language is perhaps a little less rich than Shakespeare's. We will make the difference between work and labour. In French, we only talk about “travail”, a word that r

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you. I'm going to proceed quickly because there's a lot to say. I will try to add to what colleagues have already said in the previous session by focusing on the changing relationship between children and justice as a result of the pa