e-3122 (Foreign affairs)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- According to the UN, the humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains the worst in the world with 24.3 million (80% of the population), including 12.2 million children, needing humanitarian assistance;
- According to UNICEF, a Yemeni child dies every 10 minutes from preventable war-related causes, and 85,000+ have already died;
- Thousands of schools have closed and more than 2 million children are not in school;
- The humanitarian crisis has been exacerbated by the blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia on Sana’a Airport and Hudaydah Port;
- The port city of Hudaydah, where 70% of imports enter the country, is under relentless attack from airstrikes and naval ships. Houses, farms, livestock, businesses, roads, medical facilities and water facilities have all been hit;
- As of September 9, 2020, a panel of independent experts monitoring the conflict for the UN have publicly named Canada as one of the countries helping fuel the war in Yemen; and
- Images of what appear to be captured or destroyed Canadian-made light armoured vehicles (LAVs) have been publicized.
- Open for signature
- January 25, 2021, at 2:17 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- April 25, 2021, at 2:17 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Matthew Green
(Hamilton Centre)
June 18, 2021 (Petition No. 432-01149)