<story><title>Canada&apos;s parliament votes to label China&apos;s persecution of Uighurs as genocide</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/uighur-genocide-motion-vote-1.5922711</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>nickff</author><text>Interesting that the parliament went ahead with a vote, from which the &amp;#x27;leadership&amp;#x27; (cabinet) abstained; I wonder what&amp;#x27;s going on behind the scenes.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and almost all of his cabinet colleagues were absent for the vote. Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau was the only cabinet minister present. When it was his turn, he said he abstained &amp;quot;on behalf of the Government of Canada.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;</text></comment>
<story><title>Canada&apos;s parliament votes to label China&apos;s persecution of Uighurs as genocide</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/uighur-genocide-motion-vote-1.5922711</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Panino</author><text>&amp;gt; The final tally was 266 in favour and zero opposed.&lt;p&gt;Great news and I hope more countries follow the lead.</text></comment>