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Foreign Affairs committee If you don't mind, I'd like to add something to Mr. Handfield's comments. Given the context, we have to work from a legal standpoint with Mr. Handfield, and also produce content. As Ms. Deif explained when she was talking about Amira's repatriation, it was really the efforts of
February 18th, 2021Committee meeting
Mathieu Paiement
Foreign Affairs committee Absolutely. There were in fact 25 children there. The government waited for evidence that the child was an orphan. The government actually repatriated only one orphan girl, as if only she, because she had no parental support, deserved to be repatriated. And yet, the situation in
February 18th, 2021Committee meeting
Mathieu Paiement
Foreign Affairs committee If I may, I'd like to add that we sent a film crew there and went back again in 2020. In fact, the policy of the Kurdish authorities is to work to repatriate people who are detained in the Al-Hol and Roj camps. They've complained that they have very little contact with Canadian
February 18th, 2021Committee meeting
Mathieu Paiement
Foreign Affairs committee Thank you, Mr. Handfield. I'd like to thank the committee for the invitation. The situation is indeed urgent, and other countries acknowledge it. For example, a motion was signed by the members of four parties in the United Kingdom acknowledging first of all that British natio
February 18th, 2021Committee meeting
Mathieu Paiement