44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 7, 2022 10:00AM
Madam Speaker, I am also going to table a petition on Bill S-223.
I join colleagues on all sides of the House in recognizing the incredible legacy of David Kilgour, who passed away this week. David brought this issue to my attention and to many people's attention. He, along with David Matas, wrote the initial report on this issue. He has been a tireless champion on it and on so many other human rights issues as well.
I am very pleased to table this petition in support of Bill S-223 and, in the process, recognize Mr. Kilgour's work on this and so many other important human rights issues.
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Madam Speaker, the next petition I will table is in support of Bill C-257. It is my private member's bill seeking to combat political discrimination, people being discriminated against on the basis of their political beliefs and opinions. It would add political beliefs and activities on the prohibited grounds of discrimination to the Canadian Human Rights Act.
The petitioners want the government to support Bill C-257 and defend the rights of Canadians to peacefully express their political opinions.
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- Apr/7/22 10:17:58 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, my last petition is to highlight the situation in Ethiopia. The petitioners are concerned about human rights in Ethiopia, particularly in the Tigray region, and ask the government to take further action in response to that, be actively engaged, call for independent investigations and end all human rights violations.
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Madam Speaker, the next petition I will table is on another issue that David Kilgour worked on. It is on the Uighur genocide.
The petitioners highlight the horrific human rights abuses that have happened to Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims in China. The petitioners want the government to formally recognize that Uighurs in China have been and are being subject to genocide and to use the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act, the Magnitsky act, to sanction those who are responsible for heinous crimes being committed against Uighurs.
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- Apr/7/22 2:59:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the fact is the government has been way behind on supply chain slavery and has done nothing effective. We need to see a new framework very soon.
When it comes to international human rights, holding perpetrators of sexual exploitation and violence accountable should be central to a feminist foreign policy, but allegations of exploitation and violence at the World Health Organization in Congo and also at UNRWA remain unaddressed.
When will the Minister of International Development take action to ensure that employees of Canadian-funded international organizations are held accountable and face consequences for sexual violence?
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Madam Speaker, this is an interesting piece of legislation. I wonder if the member could speak more on the importance of the principle of representation by population, the principle that every Canadian should have a reasonable expectation that their vote counts for the same thing and that if they move to a different part of the country, their voice does not suddenly become more valuable or less valuable. That is just a common-sense proposition of fairness.
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Mr. Speaker, I thought the member really nailed it, especially with his description of the challenges of the factory owner at the beginning. This country has a unique history: some provinces in the east came together to create the country, but western Canada was always viewed as kind of a colonial possession. It has been a long struggle to work toward some degree of recognition of provincial equality.
Would the member want to comment on some of the legacy of that history, in terms of Senate representation and other things? These really come from the fact that it was originally central and eastern Canada that formed the country, but they viewed the west very much as a kind of colonial appendage instead of as an equal partner.
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