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APPEAL TO MEMBERS OF THE
CANADIAN PARLIAMENT TO SUPPORT “COMFORT WOMEN” MOTION 291
That, in the opinion of the House, the government should
urge the Prime Minister and the Parliament of Japan to: (a)
pass a resolution in the Diet to formally apologize to the
women who were coerced into military sexual slavery during
the Second World War and were euphemized as “comfort women”
by the Japanese Imperial Army; and (b) provide just and
honorable compensation to these victims.
For over 60
years, the young women who were forced into sexual slavery
lived with the shame attached to the ordeal. This caused
many to conceal their past and only recently a few of them
have come forward and speak out against the atrocities they
experienced. For too long, this dark spot of history has
been largely glossed over or ignored by Japan.
As MPs, you
must help us tell the Government of Japan, a friend and ally
of Canada, to acknowledge and accept the responsibility for
its past actions as it attempts to maintain a good
relationship with its neighbors in the Pacific and with
Canada.
Human rights
are universal and transcend geographic boundaries. As a
member of the international community in good standing,
Canada has been loud and clear in condemnation of human
rights violations wherever they occur. As Canadians, we are
proud of and applaud our government's firm expression of our
Canadian values. Only through action of the international
community, such as the passing of Motion 291 in our
Parliament, would the Japanese government realize that their
behavior is not welcome. Japan will re-gain trust and
respect only if they learn from the actions of post-war
Germany in true remorse of their wartime atrocities.
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