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House Hansard - 20

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
January 31, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 20 - Jan/31/22
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Jan/31/22 2:59:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the opening ceremony for the Olympic Games in Beijing is this Friday. The entire world will be celebrating the glory of China, even as the country commits genocide against Uighurs, its own people. We cannot blame the athletes. It was this government, not them, that decided the games could go ahead in China. Will this government at least muster the courage to finally acknowledge that what is happening in China is real and that the Uighur people are being subjected to genocide?
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Context: House Hansard - 20 - Jan/31/22
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Jan/31/22 3:00:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is strange that Canada is participating in a diplomatic boycott of the Olympics, yet this government is unable to tell us why. It does not have the courage to tell us that it is because China is committing genocide against the Uighur people. It does not want any investigations into it. It did not want the games to be delayed or moved. It has agreed to a diplomatic boycott, but it refuses to tell us why. Is this Canada's diplomatic role? Is this what the Prime Minister had in mind when he told the world that “Canada is back”?
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