Trudeau gov’t refuses to sanction Communist China over Uyghur genocide
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‘When it comes to the application of the very specific word ‘genocide,’ we simply need to ensure that all the I’s are dotted and the T’s are crossed,’ the Canadian prime minister told reporters.
(LifeSiteNews) — The Trudeau government has rejected a petition to sanction Communist China for its persecution of the Uyghur Muslims.
On Monday, Justin Trudeau’s Cabinet released their decision to spurn a federal court petition to sanction Communist China, saying that they have “decided not to act.”
The petition was put forward by lawyers from the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project, which wants an official sanction on behalf of the minority community currently suffering genocide in Chinese slave camps. Trudeau himself commented, saying that the decision to sanction China for that reason would have to be made with caution.
“When it comes to the application of the very specific word ‘genocide,’ we simply need to ensure that all the I’s are dotted and the T’s are crossed,” Trudeau told reporters.
“It’s a word that is extremely loaded,” he added.
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, lawyers presenting the petition argued that Canada had breached the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, and that they were “violating its international obligations by failing to prevent the ongoing genocide in that region thereby contributing to crimes committed against the Uyghur population here and abroad.” However, the Justice Department rejected the petition, stating that “it raises issues that are not justiciable due to their political nature.”
A former Canadian Ambassador to China, David Mulroney, told LifeSiteNews via email that Canada’s hesitance to sanction China is because of Trudeau’s unwillingness to speak the truth.
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