Robert Oliphant

Mr. Speaker, I would remind the House that Canada continues to have the strongest regime when it comes to arms export controls. We will continue to monitor every sale that leaves this country. We will continue to ensure that we have the best corporate social responsibility as we are engaged in peace activities around the world. We will continue to do that. We will never let our eye off that ball.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the parliamentary secretary for his thoughtful speech. This morning, I listened to the debate from the Conservative Party talking about somehow believing our government was not standing with victims of violence and crime. This bill stands with victims of violence and crime, particularly hate crime. How is it possible that Conservatives are not supporting this bill, [more]

Thanks to all our witnesses for sharing wisdom and thoughts with us today. I want to get into some of the politics of this period of transition. I think there has been pretty much a consensus among our like-minded partners that the presidential elections of 2024 were illegitimate. We have agreed with that with the non-recognition of the Maduro presidency. The 2025 parliamentary elections were a [more]

Thank you to both of the officials for being with us today. I'll be asking three questions. One is with respect to displaced persons, who make up about a quarter of the population. The second is with respect to the role of the OAS and Canada's position within the OAS. The third one will be on any possible normalization—or not—of diplomatic relations. With respect to displaced persons, estimates [more]

Moving from the south, east and west side to the north and the small island states, I understand that a number of them have been purchasing oil from Venezuela over the last number of years and may not have oil now—or they may. I'm not sure. What would the state of the energy reserves be in these very small island states that would be quite dependent on Venezuelan oil? Are the Americans helping [more]

They were leaving at a rate of about 2,000 a day, even as recently as a month ago. That continues.

I can do it in French as well, but I prefer to do it in English. What did I ask? It was just about the 2,000 people a day who are not returning. That was it. The second question, for Mr. Savage, is on the role of the OAS in this. Venezuela has had, I believe, a suspended position within the OAS of late. Has the OAS made proclamations about Venezuela since January? Is there any change in the [more]

I want to go back to political prisoners. You mentioned that back inside Venezuela, there's been a release of some 600 political prisoners. I have no idea what percentage that is. The Maduro regime was ruthless, vindictive and creative in finding ways to incarcerate anyone who was critical of the regime. Do we have a sense of what percentage that might be, even though we probably don't have [more]