MP Earl Dreeshen tabled a petition in the House of Commons signed by Canadians concerned about the ongoing genocide of the Uyghurs in China.
Last month, MPs voted overwhelmingly to support a motion from the Conservatives that called on the government to recognize that a genocide is currently being carried out by the People’s Republic of China against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in China.
“The petition I tabled in the House of Commons yesterday calls on the government to formally recognize that Uyghurs in China have been, and are being, subjected to genocide,” said the MP for Red Deer-Mountain View about the petition presented on Wednesday.
“It also calls on the government use the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act and sanction those that are responsible for the heinous crimes being committed against the Uyghur people.”