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House Hansard - 88

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 14, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 88 - Jun/14/22
Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)
  • Jun/14/22 1:33:32 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, as a number of Bloc Québécois members have indicated, we tend to agree on the substance of Bill C‑5 in relation to diversion and eliminating mandatary minimum penalties. We are just wondering about the timing. Violent gun crime is on the rise these days in Montreal, Toronto and across Canada. This has been stressed repeatedly. We have been asking the government about this during question period. Is my colleague not a little concerned about the message that we are sending by passing Bill C‑5 at this particular time?
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Context: House Hansard - 88 - Jun/14/22
Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)
  • Jun/14/22 2:04:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, ethnic cleansing continues to claim thousands of lives in Tigray, Ethiopia. Sexual violence is being used as a means to destroy Tigrayan women's reproductive capacity. Children are suffering the effects of armed violence and hunger because of a blockade imposed by Amhara militia groups and Ethiopian government forces. While the war in Ethiopia threatens to destabilize the Horn of Africa, the Tigrayan diaspora in Canada and Quebec has been demanding for the past two years that the Canadian government impose sanctions on the Ethiopian government for crimes against humanity in Tigray. We can only admire the courage of the members of United Tegaru Canada. These Tigrayan men and women are fighting hard for their cause while Canada turns a deaf ear. Tigrayans in Canada and Quebec have only one question for this government: When will it impose sanctions on the Ethiopian government and demand access to humanitarian aid for Tigrayans?
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