Substitute
Member
Liberal Party of Canada
Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association
CA - K1A 0A6 - Ottawa
Canada
Working language: English
28/06/2024 | 10:46:08 Honourable colleagues, I would first like to thank the rapporteur for this excellent and very important report and for those who have prioritised this issue here at the Council. As he points out in the report, the climate crisis is the biggest existential threat facing human kind, and he states “human rights and the environment are intertwined.” In Canada, we recognise as well “the importance of understanding the links between climate change and human rights.” Particularly given that climate... 25/06/2024 | 17:55:47 Thank you. Honourable colleagues, It is an important topic that we are here speaking about today. Thank you for the opportunity. It was this Assembly that adopted a resolution in 2018 on protecting human rights defenders in the Council of Europe member states. A year later, Canada's House of Commons sub-Committee on International Human Rights released a report on the unique challenges facing women human rights defenders in which it recommended that the Government of Canada develop an action... 25/06/2024 | 13:11:05 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Honourable colleagues, As noted in rapporteur CHATZIVASILEIOU’s remarkable Report, taking the views and concerns of youth into account is vital for a democracy to thrive. Regrettably, young people are under-represented in legislatures around the world and, too often, do not actively engage with traditional politics. This, unfortunately, is also a significant challenge and issue in Canada, even if youth constitute one‑fifth of the Canadian...