In response to the Chinese Communist Party‘s announcement of sanctions against Canadian parliamentarians, Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau issued separate statements on Saturday (March 27) calling the Communist Party’s actions against Michael Chong and the International Human Rights Sub-Committee “unacceptable. On the same day, New Democrat MP Michelle Kwan issued a statement expressing her support and solidarity with Chong and the International Human Rights Committee of the Canadian Parliament. In the statement, she said that Canadian MPs will not remain silent because of intimidation by the Chinese Communist Party.
Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau issued a separate statement Saturday (March 27) calling the Communist Party’s actions against Michael Chong and his international human rights subcommittee “unacceptable. (Adrian Wyld/Canada News Agency)
Marc Garneau called the Chinese Communist Party’s actions against Michael Chong and his international human rights subcommittee “unacceptable. In a statement, he said, “China’s sanctions against Canadian parliamentarians and democratic institutions are unacceptable and represent an attack on transparency and freedom of expression.”
He said, “The Canadian government joins parliamentarians and all Canadians as we continue to work with our partners to defend democracy and freedom of expression, and will continue to act when international human rights obligations are violated. We need to stand together and remind those who violate human and democratic rights that the world is watching.”
In her statement, Guan Huizhen said (the CCP’s move) is a clear indication that the Chinese (Communist) state is trying to silence Canadian parliamentarians and their institutions with intimidation and threats. And it is trying to attack the democratic rights and freedoms of Canadians and their institutions. “Canada is a democracy that values the constitutional rights of its people. As elected representatives, our parliamentarians have the right to do this work in an environment free from intimidation and fear. We also have an obligation to speak out and take action against violations of international human rights.” She cited a report by the Canadian Parliamentary Subcommittee on International Human Rights that said the Chinese Communist Party’s atrocities against Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang are consistent with Crimes Against Humanity and mass extermination as defined in the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Mass Extermination. She said the fact that 266 members of Congress across party lines voted in favor of the motion: (a) Congress finds that the Chinese (Communist) State has taken actions consistent with UN General Assembly Resolution 260 (commonly known as the “Convention on Mass Extermination”), including detention camps and measures aimed at preventing births among Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims (a) the United States has reached a bipartisan consensus that two successive administrations have concluded that Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims are being subjected to mass extermination by the Chinese government, and that Congress has confirmed that the Chinese government is currently committing mass extermination of Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims, given that (i) where possible, the Canadian government’s policy is to act in concert with its allies in recognizing mass extermination, and (ii) the United States has reached a bipartisan consensus that two successive administrations have concluded that Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims are being subjected to mass extermination by the Chinese government. If the Chinese government continues to commit mass extermination, the Canadian government is going to officially take this position and ask the IOC to transfer the 2022 Olympic Games elsewhere (outside of Beijing). If the Chinese Communist Party wants the international community to stop talking about the mass extermination of Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, then the best thing to do is to stop those human rights violations, said Guan Huizhen. Canada’s MPs will not be silenced by intimidation. On Saturday (March 27), the Chinese Communist Party imposed retaliatory sanctions on three individuals and one institution in the United States and Canada, following the announcement of sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and Canada against Communist Party officials and one entity in the West for violating the human rights of Uighur Muslims and other minorities in China’s Xinjiang region.
The targets of the Communist sanctions include: Canadian Conservative Party Member of Parliament and Vice Chair of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE), Chuang Wen Ho, the eight-member FAAE Subcommittee on International Human Rights; and Gayle Manchin, Chair and Tony Perkins, Vice Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. . Chuang then responded that he would consider the CCP sanctions a badge of honor. “If it means the Chinese Communist Party is sanctioning me, I will see it as a badge of honour to wear.”
On Saturday Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also said the Chinese Communist Party’s sanctions against two U.S. officials and a Canadian lawmaker were unacceptable and vowed to continue defending human rights.
On Feb. 22, Canada’s parliament voted to pass a bill finding that the Chinese Communist Party had committed mass extermination against the Uighurs in Xinjiang. Zhuang Wenhao is the sponsor of the bill.
In an interview with New Tang Dynasty on March 18, Chuang expressed hope that the Canadian government would recognize the motion and work with its allies to strengthen economic sanctions against the CCP. Zhuang Wenhao said that the CCP’s human rights violations against vulnerable groups are not the only human rights violations committed by the CCP. For example, there have been unacceptable violations of Falun Gong, long-violated Tibetans, other ethnic minorities, and rights in Hong Kong, international treaties have also been violated, as well as threats and illegal detentions of Canadian citizens.
According to Wikipedia, MP Jenny Wai Ching Kwan (1967-) has served as the Member of Parliament for the Vancouver East constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of Canada since 2015 as a member of the New Democratic Party of Canada, and prior to that served in the BC Provincial Parliament from 1996 to 2015 as the Member of Parliament for the Vancouver Happy Hill constituency, and Prior to that, she served in the BC Provincial Parliament from 1996 to 2015 as the Member of Parliament for Happy Hill, BC, and as the Small Business, Technology and Economic Development Critic for the BC NDP Shadow Cabinet. She became the first Chinese Premier in BC NDP history during the party’s administration, and is known as one of the party’s “Four Dynasties”. She has run in eight political elections since then, never losing a single one, and has been seen as the voice of grassroots citizens in Vancouver’s East End for many years.
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