Statement by Hon. Irwin Cotler (Mount Royal, Lib.) on National Holocaust Remembrance Day
Mr. Speaker, I rise to commemorate National Holocaust Remembrance Day, a remembrance of horrors too terrible to be believed but not too terrible to have happened, of the Holocaust as a war against the Jews in which not all victims …
Iran
Hon. Irwin Cotler (Mount Royal, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join fellow parliamentarians from around the world representing the Inter-parliamentary Group for Human Rights in Iran to stand in solidarity on this international Student Day in Iran with …
Statement of Human Rights
Hon. Irwin Cotler (Mount Royal, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, this week I participated as a Canadian member of the parliamentary delegation in the annual parliamentary hearing at the United Nations. In the session on political accountability, including that of the United …
Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act
Hon. Irwin Cotler (Mount Royal, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, during committee deliberations on Bill C-10, I introduced a series of amendments to the important justice for victims of terrorism act, but these amendments were regrettably rejected by the Conservative majority on …
Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act
Hon. Irwin Cotler (Mount Royal, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, the justice for victims of terrorism act would give victims of terror a civil remedy against their terrorist perpetrators, but it would limit the remedy by immunizing the state perpetrator of terrorism, …
Iran / Statement by Member
Hon. Irwin Cotler (Mount Royal, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, the presence in Canada of Mr. Mahmoud Reza Khavari, who has exercised a leadership role in Iranian banks that have been sanctioned by the United States, the European Union and the United …
Iran / Oral Question
Hon. Irwin Cotler (Mount Royal, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, as one committed for some time to expanded sanctions on the Iranian regime, particularly in the financial and energy sectors, I am pleased that the government has now acted. However, as the …
Nuclear Weaponization Program
Hon. Irwin Cotler (Mount Royal, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, as per the evidence, the Iranian regime has accelerated its nuclear weaponization program, continued its state sponsorship of terrorism and genocidal incitement, and intensified its massive domestic repression. Will the government sanction …
Petitions
Mr. Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre, NDP): Mr. Speaker, today I rise to present a petition signed by prominent leaders in the Iranian Canadian community. A similar petition has been signed by thousands of human rights advocates, particularly from the Iranian …
Tahrir Square revolution
Hon. Irwin Cotler (Mount Royal, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, Maikel Nabil is a young Egyptian blogger, one of the early voices of the Tahrir Square revolution. He became the first political prisoner in the post-Mubarak era. He was sentenced by a …
