Citizenship and Immigration committee  So far, I appreciate...I will not try to be politically correct. I appreciate the Prime Minister is trying to fulfill his campaign promise to bring 25,000 here to the country. I appreciate that he is trying, but it's not about fulfilling this promise. It's about saving the most v

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, the government has failed big time in helping them. Absolutely. This will bring me to my next point. Even if the government brought only nine cases of Yazidis, what is nine cases of Yazidis? What will this do for a community that is facing genocide? With all due respect, I

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't think so. If we have an honest and healthy discussion and we hear about all perspectives of the story.... Quite honestly, you have to understand that we have a very big problem in Canada. It is called political correctness. Political correctness is the very cancer in our

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In my last 15 seconds, I don't want you to think I am anti-immigrant. I don't want you to think that I'm anti-Syrian, or something like that. I used to be a refugee myself. I came to this country 13 years ago. I ate as a refugee. I drank as a refugee. I bled as a refugee. But wit

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, respectful members, thank you for having me here today. On September 2, 2015, the world woke up to a small child by the name of Alan Kurdi face down on the beach. That's when the rest of the world started to react, to do something with regard to the refugees, having k

Foreign Affairs committee  To be honest with you, I don't. Just in Iraq, there are a lot of elements that can help. I think if the Iraqi central government made a peace agreement with the Sunni tribe groups that would help a lot, as would respecting the minority rights of such groups as Christians and Yezi

Foreign Affairs committee  I agree with you that the boots on the ground can't be westerner boots. However, I will share with you something from my own experience that's very important. I travelled to Afghanistan before and I saw our training. Definitely the Canadian soldiers did a great job training the m

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, I agree with you that this is a good step. However, we need to find a trusted partner to do this with.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Anderson, for your question. First of all, of course it's important that Canada built a freedom of religion office here with the leadership of Dr. Andrew Bennett. It's a great step not just on Canadian soil but even internationally. However, I think one of the mai

Foreign Affairs committee  Turning to the recommendation, right now, even though One Free World International supports the government decision of military air strike confrontation.... We do support it, because we believe that both of them, humanitarian aid and military intervention, have to be in balance.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for having me here. My name is Reverend Majed El Shafie. I'm founder and president of One Free World International for human rights. Our focus is the freedom of religion around the world. I used to be a prisoner back home in Egypt before I came here to Ca

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, it is a religious war. The people who tell you it's not a religious war say that because they are politically correct. One of the main cancers in our Canadian society is political correctness.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  By the Iraqi government, by ISIS, by who?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  By the world, to achieve religious tolerance in Iraq.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  You can see this religious tolerance happening in Kurdistan, and maybe we can support this. Now, I am not saying that the Kurdish government is an angel and is doing everything right. Please don't misunderstand me. At Christmas a few years ago, Christians in Kurdistan were attack