Close X
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
ADVT 
National

MPs Could Debate Whether To Revoke Suu Kyi's Honorary Citizenship: Trudeau

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 26 Sep, 2018 12:52 PM
    UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is opening the door to debate on whether to strip Myanmar's de-facto leader of her honorary Canadian citizenship.
     
     
    The Trudeau government has faced pressure to revoke the honour given to Aung San Suu Kyi in 2007 — but had refused to state whether it was considering this measure.
     
     
    Suu Kyi has been widely criticized for not speaking out against the atrocities being committed against Myanmar's Rohingya people.
     
     
    When asked Wednesday about Suu Kyi, Trudeau said it's up to MPs to decide whether to take away the citizenship that they bestowed upon her.
     
     
    "That's one of the questions that certainly Parliament can reflect on," Trudeau told reporters at the United Nations, where he attended this week's General Assembly.
     
     
    "It was Parliament that granted her honorary citizenship, and that's a conversation that we certainly could have."
     
     
    But he cautioned that the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar will not be fixed whether Canada revokes Suu Kyi's citizenship, or allows her to keep it.
     
     
    "The hundreds of thousands, indeed millions of people, who are affected by this Rohingya crisis, by this genocide — whether or not Aung San Suu Kyi has Canadian citizenship or not, honorary or not, makes no difference in solving this crisis," Trudeau said.
     
     
    The federal government, he added, is focused on solutions "to put an end" to the ongoing crisis. Ottawa has pledged $300 million over three years to support displaced people and other vulnerable populations.
     
     
    Last week, the House of Commons unanimously adopted a motion to recognize the crimes against the Rohingya as genocide.
     
     
    The motion also endorsed the findings of a UN fact-finding mission outlining how crimes against humanity have been committed by the Myanmar military against the Rohingya and other minorities.
     
     
    The extensive report documented the systematic targeting of civilian Rohingya by the military, including mass gang rape, sexual slavery and the razing of hundreds of villages.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Vancouver Police Mull Updates To Street Checks But Find No Systemic Racism

    Vancouver Police Mull Updates To Street Checks But Find No Systemic Racism
    An internal report from the Vancouver Police Department recommends an overhaul of the use of random street checks, even though the review finds "no statistical basis" to conclude officers use the checks to discriminate against certain races.

    Vancouver Police Mull Updates To Street Checks But Find No Systemic Racism

    Kingsway In Port Coquitlam Re-Opened After Investigation

    Kingsway In Port Coquitlam Re-Opened After Investigation
    At approximately 2:14 a.m., Wednesday September 26th, 2018, the Coquitlam RCMP was called to a single vehicle collision in the 2100 block of Kingsway Avenue, Port Coquitlam.

    Kingsway In Port Coquitlam Re-Opened After Investigation

    Auto West Group’s Luxury Car Dealerships Recognized as Top Employers in Canada

    Auto West Group’s Luxury Car Dealerships Recognized as Top Employers in Canada
    Auto West BMW and MINI Richmond have both been named one of Automotive News Canada’s Best Dealerships to Work For. 

    Auto West Group’s Luxury Car Dealerships Recognized as Top Employers in Canada

    Online Backlash After Radio Ad Calls Residential School Harms A Myth

    SASKATOON — A radio ad airing in Saskatchewan is asking listeners whether Canadians are being told the whole truth about residential schools.

    Online Backlash After Radio Ad Calls Residential School Harms A Myth

    Dozens Of Homeless Campers Remain Behind Locked Park Gates Near Victoria

    Dozens Of Homeless Campers Remain Behind Locked Park Gates Near Victoria
    LANGFORD, B.C. — An advocates group in British Columbia is asking the province to reopen a provincial park just outside Victoria so that dozens of homeless campers who have set up tents there can receive food and other supplies.

    Dozens Of Homeless Campers Remain Behind Locked Park Gates Near Victoria

    Vancouver Island Pharmacist Suspended After Giving Out Drugs With Human Placenta

    Vancouver Island Pharmacist Suspended After Giving Out Drugs With Human Placenta
    The college says if Sanchez's registration is reinstated, he will not be permitted to apply for a pharmacy licence or act as a pharmacy manager or director for five years after his reinstatement.

    Vancouver Island Pharmacist Suspended After Giving Out Drugs With Human Placenta