Petition to End the U.S. Blockade Tabled in House of Commons
On October 23 in the House of Commons, Bloc Québécois MP Gabriel St-Marie tabled petition e-5014 calling on the Canadian government to act to end the U.S. blockade against Cuba.[1] It was launched on June 18 by Pierre Hivon of Ste-Marcelline, sponsored by the aforementioned MP and closed on October 16. The government must now provide a response to the petition within 45 calendar days.
When tabling the petition, St-Marie said:
"Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to present petition e-5014, which was signed by a large number of people.
"These petitioners are calling on the government to ask United States representatives, through the Minister of Foreign Affairs, to: lift the blockade against Cuba as well as to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism; reaffirm the importance of denouncing the blockade against Cuba as one of the key barriers to the Cuban people's full enjoyment of their human rights; act immediately to preserve the sovereignty of Quebec and Canada, ensuring that Quebec and Canadian corporations and other entities, particularly governmental ones, do not participate in the American economic sanctions against Cuba; and ensure that Quebec and Canadian relations with Cuba continue to be based on equality and respect for sovereignty, independence and the right to self-determination.
"I commend these petitioners, and I am honoured to present this petition."
In the days leading up to this year's vote at the UN General Assembly on Cuba's resolution calling to end the blockade imposed on Cuba for 62 years, the petition is one of many actions being carried out in Quebec, Canada and around the world – pickets, rallies, virtual meetings, public assemblies, car caravans – to demand an end to the U.S. criminal blockade against Cuba, to defend Cuba's sovereignty and the Cuban people's right to be.
End the U.S. Blockade Against Cuba!
Remove Cuba from the U.S. List of State Sponsors of
Terrorism!
Note
1. The petition e-5014 collected 1433 signatures. To read the petition, click here.
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