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Minutes of Proceedings

42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 83
Thursday, November 9, 2017, 8:49 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.
Video recorded session
Presiding
Robert Oliphant, Chair (Liberal)

• Ali Ehsassi for Gary Anandasangaree (Liberal)
• Jamie Schmale for Bob Saroya (Conservative)
• Geng Tan for Nick Whalen (Liberal)
Library of Parliament
• Madalina Chesoi, Acting Analyst
• Brendan Naef, Analyst
Yazda
• Dalal Abdallah, Yezidi Human Rights Activist
• Haider Elias, President
• Nadia Murad Basee Taha, President, Nadia Murad Initiative
Yazidi Association of Manitoba
• Hadji Hesso, Director
Yezidi Human Rights Organization-International
• Mirza Ismail, Founder and President, Canada Section
Operation Ezra
• Nafiya Naso, Working Committee Member
• Lorne Weiss, Working Committee Member
As an individual
• Payam Akhavan, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University
• Matthew Travis Barber
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Committee resumed a briefing on resettlement issues related to Yezidi women and girls.

Nafiya Naso, Lorne Weiss, Hadji Hesso and Dalal Abdallah made statements and answered questions.

At 9:48 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 9:54 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Basema Ali Jedaan Alo, Matthew Travis Barber, Mirza Ismail, Haider Elias, Payam Akhavan, by videoconference from Oxford, United Kingdom, and Nadia Murad Basee Taha, by videoconference from New York, New York, made statements and answered questions.

Motion

Michelle Rempel moved, — That, notwithstanding the motion adopted by the Committee on October 16, 2017, the Committee hold an additional meeting prior to December 20, 2017, on the resettlement issues related to Yazidi women and girls; and that the Committee report its finding to the House; and that the government table a response.

Debate arose thereon.

At 10:59 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Erica Pereira
Clerk of the Committee