House Votes To Isolate Burma

Motion passes without Liberal support

Published May 25, 2005

A sweeping motion to ban Canadian investment in Burma and provide Parliamentary support to the democratic government-in-exile passed in the House of Commons this week without the backing of Liberal parliamentarians.

All three opposition parties -- the Bloc, Conservatives and NDP -- voted in favour of the non-binding motion that also asked for the release of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of...

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