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Minutes of Proceedings

44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 18
Thursday, May 5, 2022, 3:33 p.m. to 5:47 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
Marty Morantz, Vice-Chair (Conservative)

Library of Parliament
• Allison Goody, Analyst
• Billy Joe Siekierski, Analyst
Central Tibetan Administration
• Kyi Dukthen, Deputy Secretary, United Nations, European Union and Human Rights Desk
Central Tibetan Administration
• Penpa Tsering, Sikyong
• Tenzin Rabgyal, Abbot of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery
• Namgyal Choedup, Representative of his Holiness the Dalai Lama , Office of Tibet in Washington
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Monday, April 25, 2022, the committee commenced its Meeting with the Central Tibetan Administration.

Sikyong Penpa Tsering and Venerable Tenzin Rabyal made statements, and Sikyong Penpa Tsering answered questions.

Motion

Garnett Genuis moved, — That this committee report to the House its call for the immediate resumption of Sino-Tibetan dialogue.

Debate arose thereon.

Amendment

Robert Oliphant moved, — That the motion be amended by replacing the words after “committee” with the following: “call for dialogue between representatives of the Tibetan people (his Holiness the Dalai Lama or his representatives and/or the Central Tibetan Administration) and the government of the People's Republic of China with a view to enabling Tibet to exercise genuine autonomy within the framework of the Chinese constitution and issue a press release to this effect”.

Debate arose thereon.

It was agreed, — That the debate be adjourned until after the questioning of the witnesses has been completed.

Questioning of the witnesses resumed.

At 5:03 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:06 p.m., the sitting resumed.

The committee resumed consideration of the motion of Garnett Genuis and of the amendment of Robert Oliphant.

By unanimous consent, the amendment was withdrawn.

On motion of Robert Oliphant, it was agreed, — That the motion be amended by replacing the words after “committee” with the following: “call for dialogue between representatives of the Tibetan people (his Holiness the Dalai Lama or his representatives and/or the Central Tibetan Administration) and the government of the People's Republic of China with a view to enabling Tibet to exercise genuine autonomy within the framework of the Chinese constitution; report this motion to the House, and request the government table a response to the report”.

The question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Ziad Aboultaif, Rachel Bendayan, Stéphane Bergeron, Valerie Bradford, Michael D. Chong, Garnett Genuis, Viviane Lapointe, Heather McPherson, Robert Oliphant, Arif Virani — 10;

NAYS: — 0.

By unanimous consent, Marty Morantz voted yea.

The motion, as amended, read as follows:

That this committee call for dialogue between representatives of the Tibetan people (his Holiness the Dalai Lama or his representatives and/or the Central Tibetan Administration) and the government of the People's Republic of China with a view to enabling Tibet to exercise genuine autonomy within the framework of the Chinese constitution; report this motion to the House, and request the government table a response to the report.

It was agreed, — That the analysts be instructed to draft a statement based on the testimony of the committee’s meeting with the Central Tibetan Administration.

At 5:17 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:19 p.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

The committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to committee business.

It was agreed, — That the clerk make the necessary arrangements for a meeting with The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Monday, May 16, 2022.

It was agreed, — That the clerk make the necessary arrangements for a meeting with the Danish Foreign Policy Committee on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, and that the members of the Standing Committee on National Defence also be invited to attend.

It was agreed, — That the proposed budget in the amount of $4,125.00 , for the study Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Current Situation of Human Rights in Ukraine and Russia, be adopted.

It was agreed, — That the clerk of the committee, in consultation with the Chair and the analysts, prepare a draft budget respecting the committee’s proposed travel to Riga (Latvia), Tallinn (Estonia), Vilnius (Lithuania), and Warsaw and Zamosc (Poland), in relation to its study of the situation at the Russia-Ukraine border and the implications for peace and security, for consideration by the Subcommittee on Committee Budgets of the Liaison Committee.

It was agreed, — That the clerk of the committee, in consultation with the Chair and the analysts, prepare a draft budget respecting the committee’s proposed travel to Stockholm (Sweden), Helsinki (Finland), Brussels (Belgium), and Zamosc (Poland), in relation to its study of the situation at the Russia-Ukraine border and the implications for peace and security, for consideration by the Subcommittee on Committee Budgets of the Liaison Committee.

At 5:47 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Erica Pereira
Clerk of the committee