Lianne Rood

Mr. Speaker, affordability of goods and services in Canada is the number one concern for Canadians. We cannot control what happens abroad, but the Liberals control the policies that are making life more expensive here at home. We have the worst food price inflation in the G7 and the only shrinking economy. Prime Minister Theis ramming through his newly renamed carbon tax, the clean fuel [more]

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, witnesses, for being here today. Given that Canada formally recognized Edmundo González Urrutia as president-elect in January 2025 and never recognized the legitimacy of Nicolás Maduro, who does the Government of Canada currently recognize as the legitimate leader of Venezuela?

Looking ahead, what specific measurable actions will Canada take to ensure that the Venezuelan transition results in real democracy rather than a rebranded version of the same corrupt regime? Will Canada lead efforts at the Organization of American States to impose strict anti-corruption conditionality on any future assistance, actively support María Corina Machado's role and maintain sanctions [more]

Is Canada actively considering lifting any sanctions on her or other regime figures, or will sanctions remain until verifiable, irreversible anti-corruption reforms and free elections are achieved?

Why has Canada not taken stronger steps to support Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado, the clear choice of the Venezuelan people, instead of tactically accepting a U.S.-backed arrangement with the deeply corrupt and long sanctioned Delcy Rodríguez?

Delcy Rodríguez remains sanctioned by Canada under the special economic measures regulations for her role in human rights abuses and corruption. How can the Government of Canada interpret her recent actions, such as prison closures and amnesty law and oil sector reforms, as anything more than cosmetic changes designed to preserve the same corrupt chavista network that looted Venezuela for decades?

The U.S. government is now marketing Venezuelan oil and controlling proceeds through U.S.-managed accounts. What is Canada's detailed understanding of this arrangement, and does the department share the view that routing revenues through transparent U.S. control mechanisms is the only way to prevent the same corrupt chavismo insiders from once again stealing billions from the Venezuelan people?

Thank you, Chair. Thank you very much, gentlemen, for being here with us today. I'm interested in some of the things you said, Mr. Suarez. I've seen some of those things in this country at one point, and some of those things lifted off farmers in this country. While the Canadian government provides humanitarian aid to Cubans, it continues to allow the Cuban regime state propaganda channel, the [more]