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(Canada) Conservatives Highlight Liberal Inaction on Human Rights in Sri Lanka

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On February 26th, Conservative Shadow Minister for Multiculturalism and Canada-China relations Garnett Genuis challenged Prime Minister Trudeau to follow through on his promises to the Tamil community to address pressing human rights issues in Sri Lanka. Unfortunately the Prime Minister did not answer the question and has failed to take any concrete action to address the deteriorating human rights situation.

During question period, Garnett Genuis asked the following question:

“Mr. Speaker, it is interesting that the Prime Minister would talk about wanting to reopen the embassy in Iran, when he actually, personally, voted in favour of my motion not to do that a couple of years ago. In June, the House of Commons unanimously passed a motion calling for an international independent investigation into allegations of genocide against Tamils in Sri Lanka. I would like to ask the Prime Minister what steps, if any, his government has taken to advocate for that investigation, and will Canada join the U.S. in applying sanctions to Sri Lankan army chief Shavendra Silva?”

Justin Trudeau’s full response was as follows:

“Mr. Speaker, our positions are consistent. We stand up for human rights everywhere around the world, whether it be in Sri Lanka or in Iran. Indeed, in asking about Iran, that is why Canada led a resolution at the United Nations in November 2019, calling on Iran to comply with its international human rights obligations. We deeply oppose Iran's support for terrorist organizations, its threats toward Israel, its ballistic missile program and its support for the murderous Assad regime. We will continue to defend human rights and hold Iran to account for its actions, as we do all around the world, including in Sri Lanka.”
Conservatives are calling on the Liberals to finally end their failure and weak engagement on the world stage. Conservatives want the government to push for a genocide investigation and impose sanctions on gross violators of human rights in Sri Lankan. Conservatives will continue to pressure the Liberals to stop dithering and start standing up for Canadian values.
 
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