The motion introduced in the House of Commons by Bloc Quebecois MP Gabriel Ste-Marie reiterated the unanimous support for an earlier motion adopted by the lower chamber of the Canadian parliament to recognize the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar as genocide and to strip Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship. "That's one of the questions that certainly Parliament can reflect on, it was Parliament that granted her honorary citizenship, and that’s a conversation we could certainly have," Trudeau said, though he added that whether or not she has Canadian citizenship, it wouldn't help in solving the crisis. “We will continue to support the Rohingya people through humanitarian assistance, targeted sanctions against Myanmar’s generals and by pushing for accountability for those responsible through an appropriate international body.”

The Opposition Conservatives called the vote to remove her citizenship a “step in the right direction,” but pressed the Liberals to do more for the Rohingya people “than make a symbolic gesture.”

There is no formal procedure required for making someone an honorary citizen — it is a purely political decision — but precedent has been set for a joint resolution to be passed by the House of Commons and Senate in order to grant someone the honour. He said he thought it was a positive step from Canada to send the signal internationally that "if you're an accomplice of a genocide, you won’t have the honorary citizenship here." The Commons’ motion was twofold: to reiterate a motion already unanimously agreed to last week in the House of Commons -- which recognized the treatment of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar as genocide and called for further investigation and sanctions -- and subsequently, that the House should revoke the citizenship bestowed upon Suu Kyi in 2007.
MPs of the House of Commons of Canada vote to strip State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship, citing her failure to stop the persecution of the Rohingya people by the Myanmar military.