The House of Commons unanimously adopted the motion to revoke the honorary Canadian citizenship granted to Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi, the one-time champion of democracy who is now seen as a disgraced bystander in the ethnic cleansing of her country’s Rohingya population.
The historic motion was unexpected but foreseeable, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said earlier this week that the honour Parliament had bestowed upon Suu Kyi could be reconsidered.
Bloc Québécois MP Gabriel Ste-Marie said that opening prompted him Thursday to ask a question to test the government’s resolve and then to rise immediately after question period to ask the Speaker to canvas if there was unanimous consent to immediately revoke the honour, which was granted in 2007.
Canada revokes honorary citizenship for Aung San Suu Kyi
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