Canadian Motion M-236 on Falun Gong

HOUSE OF COMMONS, CANADA

October 24, 2002

Motion M-236 on Falun Gong

Moved by: Mr. Scott Reid, Member of Parliament (Lanark-Carleton)
Co-sponsored by: Mr. Stockwell Day, Member of Parliament (Okanagan-Coquihalla)

The following motion was passed with unanimous consent on October 24, 2002 in the Canadian House of Commons:

That, in the opinion of this House, the Prime Minister should take advantage of his upcoming meeting with President Jiang Zemin of China at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation [APEC] conference to privately raise the issue of the continued imprisonment in China of thirteen [13] Falun Gong practitioners who have close family ties to Canada and to emphasise that Canadians would be more willing to strengthen existing ties between Canada and China if these individuals, namely: Lizhi He, Xiuzhen Lu, Tianxiong Peng, Zhanzhong Wu, Xiuchao Huang, Bo Qiu, Yueli Yang, Yangtao Jin, Jiangang Huang, Guangshou Huang, Mingli Lin, Zhou Zheng, and Changzheng Sun, were reunited with their families in Canada.

Que, de l'avis de la Chambre, le premier ministre devrait profiter de sa prochaine rencontre avec le président Jiang Zemin de la Chine lors de la conférence de la Coopération économique Asie-Pacifique (APEC) pour soulever en privé la question du maintien en prison de treize adeptes du Falun Gong ayant de la famille au Canada et pour souligner que les Canadiens seraient plus disposés à renforcer les liens entre le Canada et la Chine si ces personnes (à savoir Lizhi He; Xiuzhen Lu; Tianxiong Peng; Zhanzhong Wu; Xiuchao Huang; Bo Qiu; Yueli Yang; Yangtao Jin; Jiangang Huang; Guangshou Huang; Mingli Lin; Zhou Zheng; et Changzheng Sun) étaient réunies avec leurs familles au Canada.