Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  First of all, I would just endorse everything that David said. I think the evidence for that is growing. The other disturbing thing is that, where we thought we'd made progress, things are going backwards, like with early forced marriage, for example. Girls are being married off

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the chance to come back to familiar haunts. It's good to see all of you. I am going to focus my remarks on both Myanmar and Bangladesh to give you a sense of the condition of the Rohingya refugees as well as other refugees in Myanm

Foreign Affairs committee  Let me just start by saying that I think Mark Lowcock said it correctly when asked if 0.7% is still the gold standard. The answer is yes, it is. The question then becomes, well, where are we in all this? The argument I made in the report is that we should be doing more. The other

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, that's a refreshing change, because sometimes when I was in the House I wasn't sure whether I did or not. That's a longer story and a longer conversation. I think it's really important to try to create greater consensus politically. This should not be an issue that divide

Foreign Affairs committee  I've been very impressed by those countries that have reached a kind of national consensus on the fact that development assistance is beyond partisanship and should be seen as a foundational principle for their countries. I think it would be great if Canada could maintain the sam

Foreign Affairs committee  All I can tell you, Mr. Bergeron, is that I know the Canadian government is carefully considering the humanitarian situation in Palestinian camps in the Middle East, as well as other humanitarian situations. I think you should instead be asking Ms. Gould that question. I do kno

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Lowcock, would you get that?

Foreign Affairs committee  That question would be very well placed to Mr. Beasley and Sir Mark. I would just say that the evidence is pretty overwhelming that the camps are being affected seriously by COVID. Some of it is, frankly, underestimated because we can't necessarily collect the kind of data that

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm not avoiding the question, but I do think, Michael, that this is an impossible subject to discuss in two or three minutes. You happen to have here at the committee two individuals who have an extraordinary knowledge of a world crisis that is taking place at the moment. I'm

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much.

Foreign Affairs committee  Michael, thank you for the question. I want to stress that any comments I made today at the United Nations were made in a statement that is a statement of the Government of Canada, so your questions would be equally well placed to your counterpart in Parliament as to me. My poin

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank the committee members for the opportunity to speak to Canada's humanitarian response to COVID-19. I had the chance to hear the discussion with the previous panel, and I would like to thank them for their work and dedication. We're v