Canada’s relations with China are their lowest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre as MPs from all parties prepare to condemn the People’s Republic for genocide. .Blacklock’s Reporter said even legislators wary of reprisal called China a gangster state complicit in murder, slavery and other atrocities. .A formal vote is due Monday on a Conservative motion censuring China for crimes against humanity..“I am thinking of the million people detained in camps that the Chinese call re-education centres,” Conservative MP Eric Duncan (Stormont-Dundas, Ont.) told the Commons..“There are one million people in detention camps in China. Women are being sterilized, there is forced abortion, slave labour, people ripped away from their families, tortured and murdered.”.The Opposition motion asks that Canada “recognize a genocide is currently being carried out by the People’s Republic of China against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims and call on the government to officially adopt this position.” .Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not attend the debate..Trudeau on Tuesday told reporters genocide “is a word that is extremely loaded” and would not cite China for crimes against humanity. .“When it comes to the application of the very specific word ‘genocide’ we simply need to ensure that all the I’s are dotted and the T’s are crossed,” he said..Expected passage of the motion would mark the first time Canada formally named any country as complicit in ongoing atrocities under a United Nations Convention On The Prevention And Punishment Of The Crime Of Genocide. .Parliament ratified the pact in 1952. Earlier parliaments observed past genocides including the Nazi Holocaust, 1932 Ukraine Famine, and Turkey’s 1915 mass murder of Armenians..“Where does this leave Canada?” Conservative MP Brad Vis (Mission-Matsqui, B.C.) asked the Commons. .“I was taught that being a Canadian meant our nation stood for something.”.Foreign Minister Marc Garneau urged MPs to reconsider their votes. .“We must and will continue to coexist with China,” said Garneau..“The China of 1996 and even the China of 2016 is not the China of 2021, which is why our policies with respect to China, whether it applies to foreign investment, trade or human rights, is evolving.”.Liberal MP John McKay (Scarborough-Guildwood, Ont.) said passage of the motion would see cabinet “have to deal with the fallout,” but acknowledged “the deep anger of the people of Canada towards the Chinese Communist Party..“Necessarily the Government of Canada has had to deal with the government of China as one would with terrorists or Mafia thugs, and therefore this has relational consequences as does this debate,” said McKay. .“No trade deal, convention, memorandum of understanding or contract is worth the paper it’s written on with this government. Any vulnerability will be exploited by the government of China, and there is no basis for any trust, for any undertakings or any understandings.”.The motion cited atrocities committed against China’s Muslim Uyghur people detained in mass camps in landlocked Xinjiang region. .Liberal MP Sameer Zuberi (Pierrefonds-Dollard, Que.) said slave-made goods from Xinjiang are commonplace..“Twenty percent of cotton originates out of Xinjiang,” said Zuberi..“We know that 32 percent of tomato products are originating out of Xinjiang..“We know 41 percent of polysilicon which is used to produce solar panels, for all the environmentalists in the House, originates from Xinjiang.”.The UN genocide pact advocates punishment of foreign governments complicit in atrocities, including public officials. .Bloc Québécois MPs proposed an amendment to the motion to oppose participation in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics unless they are relocated..“This is one of those moments in history when we have not only an opportunity but an obligation to speak out and take action,” said Conservative MP Marty Morantz (Charleswood-St. James, Man.). “People are dying.”.A vote on the motion is expected as early as Monday..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby7694
Canada’s relations with China are their lowest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre as MPs from all parties prepare to condemn the People’s Republic for genocide. .Blacklock’s Reporter said even legislators wary of reprisal called China a gangster state complicit in murder, slavery and other atrocities. .A formal vote is due Monday on a Conservative motion censuring China for crimes against humanity..“I am thinking of the million people detained in camps that the Chinese call re-education centres,” Conservative MP Eric Duncan (Stormont-Dundas, Ont.) told the Commons..“There are one million people in detention camps in China. Women are being sterilized, there is forced abortion, slave labour, people ripped away from their families, tortured and murdered.”.The Opposition motion asks that Canada “recognize a genocide is currently being carried out by the People’s Republic of China against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims and call on the government to officially adopt this position.” .Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not attend the debate..Trudeau on Tuesday told reporters genocide “is a word that is extremely loaded” and would not cite China for crimes against humanity. .“When it comes to the application of the very specific word ‘genocide’ we simply need to ensure that all the I’s are dotted and the T’s are crossed,” he said..Expected passage of the motion would mark the first time Canada formally named any country as complicit in ongoing atrocities under a United Nations Convention On The Prevention And Punishment Of The Crime Of Genocide. .Parliament ratified the pact in 1952. Earlier parliaments observed past genocides including the Nazi Holocaust, 1932 Ukraine Famine, and Turkey’s 1915 mass murder of Armenians..“Where does this leave Canada?” Conservative MP Brad Vis (Mission-Matsqui, B.C.) asked the Commons. .“I was taught that being a Canadian meant our nation stood for something.”.Foreign Minister Marc Garneau urged MPs to reconsider their votes. .“We must and will continue to coexist with China,” said Garneau..“The China of 1996 and even the China of 2016 is not the China of 2021, which is why our policies with respect to China, whether it applies to foreign investment, trade or human rights, is evolving.”.Liberal MP John McKay (Scarborough-Guildwood, Ont.) said passage of the motion would see cabinet “have to deal with the fallout,” but acknowledged “the deep anger of the people of Canada towards the Chinese Communist Party..“Necessarily the Government of Canada has had to deal with the government of China as one would with terrorists or Mafia thugs, and therefore this has relational consequences as does this debate,” said McKay. .“No trade deal, convention, memorandum of understanding or contract is worth the paper it’s written on with this government. Any vulnerability will be exploited by the government of China, and there is no basis for any trust, for any undertakings or any understandings.”.The motion cited atrocities committed against China’s Muslim Uyghur people detained in mass camps in landlocked Xinjiang region. .Liberal MP Sameer Zuberi (Pierrefonds-Dollard, Que.) said slave-made goods from Xinjiang are commonplace..“Twenty percent of cotton originates out of Xinjiang,” said Zuberi..“We know that 32 percent of tomato products are originating out of Xinjiang..“We know 41 percent of polysilicon which is used to produce solar panels, for all the environmentalists in the House, originates from Xinjiang.”.The UN genocide pact advocates punishment of foreign governments complicit in atrocities, including public officials. .Bloc Québécois MPs proposed an amendment to the motion to oppose participation in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics unless they are relocated..“This is one of those moments in history when we have not only an opportunity but an obligation to speak out and take action,” said Conservative MP Marty Morantz (Charleswood-St. James, Man.). “People are dying.”.A vote on the motion is expected as early as Monday..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby7694
