284 JFD 2017 Statements - National Parliament

Canada HoC Debates. (2017-05-01). Vol. 148 No. 167. Statements by Members. Available at: this link (Accessed 2018-05-04).

Subjects (Group/Subheading): Canadian Politics (current)/Government negationism - JFD

One liner: JFD inside the House of Commons

Keywords: Event: Journey to Freedom Day

Date Published: 2017-05-01   Acquired: 2018-05-04

Source (Type/Source/Notes): Government / Hansard [Canadian] / Times 1400, 1405, 1410; pp. 10561-10564

Collection: 575 Parliament of Canada

Trust: - - -

Author: Kent, Quach, Sgro

Notes:

Many yellow flags (scarves) in the House of Commons and 3 statements made Anne Minh-Thu Quach, Judy A. Sgro, Peter Kent. They and many others were wearing the yellow scarf. Note that they made references to the yellow flag having been raised on parliament hill alongside the Canadian flag.

Only peter Kent linked his remarks directly to the fall of Saigon, but they all wore the yellow flag and thus linked their remarks to a partisan statement on the Vietnam war. Sad to see so many former refugees being marginalized by Canadian politicians. Peter Kent's remarks contained quite an extensively revised history.

All 3 quotations (new page)

Photographs:

Saigon national flags in parliament - Liberal section

The yellow flag in the House of Commons

Quach reading her annual JFD statement

Sgro reading her annual JFD statement

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Attendees:

Ziad Aboultaif (C)

Larry Bagnell (L)

Mario Beaulieu (BQ)

Sheri Benson (NDP)

Bill Blair (L)

Rachael Blaney ()

Michael Cooper (C)

Rodger Cuzner (L)

Julie Dabrusin (L)

Nicola Di Iorio (L)

Fin Donnelly (NDP)

Francis Drouin (L)

Matthew Dube (NDP)

Terry Dugid (L)

Kristy Duncan (L)

Pierre-Luc Dusseault (NDP)

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (L)

Mark Eyking (L)

Greg Fergus (L)

Peter Fragiskatos (L)

Colin Fraser (L)

Marc Garneau (L)

Marilyn Gladu (L)

Pam Goldsmith-Jones (L)

Ken Hardie (L)

Gord Johns (NDP)

Darshan Singh Kang (L)

Peter Kent (C)

Kamal Khera (L)

Tom Kmiec (C)

Kevin Lamoureux (L)

Michael Levitt (L)

Ben Lobb (C)

Alaina Lockhart (L)

Elizabeth May (Green)

Bryan May (L)

Kelly McCauley (C)

Michael McCloud (L)

Karen McCrimmon (L)

Ken McDonald (L)

Alexandra Mendes (L)

Glen Motz (C)

Jennifer O'Connell (L)

Denis Paradis (L)

Jean-Claude Poissant (L)

Anne Minh-Thu Quach (NDP)

Tracey Ramsey (NDP)

Yves Robillard (L)

Pablo Rodriguez (L)

Don Rusnak (L)

Romeo Saganash (NDP)

Ruby Sahota (L)

Ramesh Sangha (L)

Brigitte Sansoucy (NDP)

Jamie Schmale (C)

Judy A. Sgro (L)

Martin Shields (C)

Sonia Sidhu (L)

Amarjeet Sohi (L)

Wayne Stetski (NDP)

David Sweet (C)

Luc Theriault (BQ)

Karen Vecchio (C)

Arnold Viersen (C)

Arif Virani (L)

Len Webber (C)

Alice Wong (C)

Item last updated: 2020-10-21