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{
"time": "2022-05-05 16:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Michael Chong (Wellington\u2014Halton Hills, CPC)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Michael Chong (Wellington\u2014Halton Hills, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7151670\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, Mr. Chair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7151671\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you for appearing in front of our committee.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7151672\" data-originallang=\"en\">In March of last year, the Government of Canada announced sanctions against certain Chinese officials for their participation in gross and systemic human rights violations against the Uighur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang province in China, just north of Tibet. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7151673\" data-originallang=\"en\">I have two questions. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7151674\" data-originallang=\"en\">First, how do you view the effectiveness of these sanctions against these particular Chinese officials and entities? Second, what is the likelihood that applying similar sanctions against Chinese officials in the Tibet Autonomous Region would improve the human rights record of the PRC in Tibet?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7151670\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7151671\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci de compara\u00eetre devant notre comit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7151672\" data-originallang=\"en\">En mars de l\u2019ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re, le gouvernement du Canada a annonc\u00e9 des sanctions contre certains repr\u00e9sentants chinois pour leur participation \u00e0 des violations flagrantes et syst\u00e9miques des droits de la personne contre la minorit\u00e9 musulmane ou\u00efghoure dans la province du Xinjiang, en Chine, juste au nord du Tibet. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7151673\" data-originallang=\"en\">J\u2019ai deux questions. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7151674\" data-originallang=\"en\">Premi\u00e8rement, comment \u00e9valuez-vous l\u2019efficacit\u00e9 de ces sanctions contre ces autorit\u00e9s et entit\u00e9s chinoises? Deuxi\u00e8mement, quelle est la probabilit\u00e9 que l\u2019application de sanctions semblables contre les autorit\u00e9s chinoises dans la R\u00e9gion autonome du Tibet am\u00e9liore le bilan de la R\u00e9publique populaire de Chine en mati\u00e8re de droits de la personne au Tibet?</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/foreign-affairs/44-1/18/michael-chong-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/michael-chong/",
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"source_id": "11663466",
"document_url": "/committees/foreign-affairs/44-1/18/",
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}