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{
"time": "2021-03-23 10:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Laurel Collins (Victoria, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Laurel Collins (Victoria, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6576679\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6576680\" data-originallang=\"en\">The first petition is on the coup in Myanmar.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6576681\" data-originallang=\"en\">The petitioners call on the government to condemn the coup in the strongest terms. They call for the immediate and unconditional release of all elected officials as well as political prisoners. They want the government to take actions against the Myanmar military and call for the repeal of an unlawfully declared state of emergency and respect the November 2020 election.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6576682\" data-originallang=\"en\">The petitioners also call for an immediate law barring Canadian businesses from exporting arms and technologies to Myanmar and to put forward to the General Assembly of the United Nations a resolution calling for member states to address the long-term threat to peace and stability in Myanmar. They would like to see members of the Myanmar military and their families and associates barred from pursuing education or business opportunities in Canada as well as a draft resolution, a motion, to refer this matter to the International Criminal Court.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6576679\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais pr\u00e9senter deux p\u00e9titions.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6576680\" data-originallang=\"en\">La premi\u00e8re p\u00e9tition porte sur le coup d'\u00c9tat au Myanmar.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6576681\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent au gouvernement de condamner le coup d'\u00c9tat avec la plus grande fermet\u00e9. Ils demandent \u00e9galement la lib\u00e9ration imm\u00e9diate et inconditionnelle de tous les \u00e9lus et des prisonniers politiques. Ils exhortent le gouvernement \u00e0 prendre des mesures contre l'arm\u00e9e du Myanmar et \u00e0 demander l\u2019abrogation de l\u2019\u00e9tat d\u2019urgence ill\u00e9galement d\u00e9clar\u00e9 et le respect du r\u00e9sultat des \u00e9lections de novembre 2020.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6576682\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les p\u00e9titionnaires r\u00e9clament aussi que le gouvernement adopte imm\u00e9diatement une loi interdisant aux entreprises canadiennes d\u2019exporter des armes et des technologies au Myanmar et de proposer une r\u00e9solution \u00e0 l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Nations Unies appelant les \u00c9tats membres \u00e0 se pencher sur la menace \u00e0 long terme qui p\u00e8se sur la paix et la stabilit\u00e9 au Myanmar. Les p\u00e9titionnaires veulent que le gouvernement emp\u00eache les membres de l\u2019arm\u00e9e du Myanmar, leurs familles et leurs associ\u00e9s de poursuivre des \u00e9tudes ou de faire des affaires au Canada et qu'il pr\u00e9sente un projet de r\u00e9solution, une motion, en vue de renvoyer cette question \u00e0 la Cour p\u00e9nale internationale.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2021/3/23/laurel-collins-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/laurel-collins/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4520/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11198207",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": "Affaires Courantes"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Petitions",
"fr": "P\u00e9titions"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Myanmar",
"fr": "Le Myanmar"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2021/3/23/",
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}
}