【共生传媒】蒙特利尔50家华人社团发表联合声明，反对加拿大联邦众议院 2 月 22 日通过的涉疆动议

【加拿大共生国际传媒讯】

2021年3月14日，编辑部收到由牵头人发来的蒙特利尔50家华人社团（中英文）联合声明，全文如下：
 
作为加拿大的合法社团以及加拿大魁北克省大蒙特利尔地区十几万华裔加拿大人社团的代表，我们一致反对加拿大联邦众议院 2 月 22 日通过的由在野的保守党提出的涉疆动议。我们认为该动议罔顾事实，有违加拿大自身的价值观。加拿大个别政客和政党，借用中国新疆议题进行政治炒作，意在捞取其自身的政治资本，这类自私狭隘的行径也有违加拿大自由民主的价值观和包容开放的人文传统。

首先，动议所涉及的新疆问题是一个未能被事实证明的指责。我们认为在事实不清，真象不明，联合国人权理事会人权专家组尚对此未作无偏见的调查核实之前，国会不应对此不负责任，不顾后果地作政治性投票表决。如果加拿大保守党和个别政客对此议题有所关注，应寻求对这一事项的进一步了解，而不是利用一些未经证实的一面之词和充满争议的政治词汇，然后让加拿大联邦议员在不明真相的情况下进行投票。

其次，加拿大国会众议院共有 338 名议员，对此议案投赞成票的为 226 票，2票弃权，其余的议员没有参加投票，所以不能称该议案“全票通过”。而且，，该议案不具任何约束力，亦不能代表加拿大政府的立场。因此，我们反对任何不负责任的媒体关于该议案获加拿大议会全票通过的错误和不实报道。

作为华裔加拿大人，我们对一些加拿大政客不断借各种中国议题来挑唆中加矛盾以获取其自身政治利益的做法感到忧虑重重，因为这种不负责的做法会造成不了解真相的其他族裔加拿大人对整个华裔甚至亚洲裔的负面看法，给一百七十多万华裔加拿大人的生活和工作带来极大的困扰。

众所周知，目前中加关系因种种原因面临着极大的挑战，而个别加拿大政客并没有朝着试图消除误解，缓和矛盾，改善中加关系的方向做建设性的努力，反而是罔顾事实，借中国新疆议题继续激化中加矛盾，我们对此也深感失望和担忧。

我们一致认为，做为加拿大民选代表的议事机构，加拿大议会应该将更多精力着眼于加拿大本国的疫情、经济、民生、环境和各族裔生存状况等等国内事务， 而不是利用和炒作个别外国议题，推卸其自身所应当负起的对加拿大人民的责任，转嫁加拿大本国的矛盾，忽视加拿大国内的抗击疫情，恢复经济等民生问题。最后，我们也反对加拿大在野的保守党党魁呼吁加拿大联邦政府推动国际奥委会撤出中国 2022 年冬奥主办权的荒唐做法。对话沟通和彼此尊重符合加拿大的价值观，而保守党党魁试图用政治干预奥林匹克精神，干预有 200 多个会员的国际奥委会的议事程序，这种做法非常荒唐， 也极度不负责任，会给加拿大的国际形象造成了很坏的负面印象。

多方资料表明，自疫情以来，某些政客把疫情政治化，已经导致了北美，包括蒙特利尔对华人及亚裔的种族仇恨和种族暴力事件的剧增，对华人及亚裔的生命安全造成了威胁。我们担心加拿大国会的涉疆动议会进一步恶化我们的生活环境，危害我们的生命安全。对此，我们联名抗议加拿大政客所推出的激化中加矛盾，加剧种族仇恨的涉疆动议。

英文版如下：
   
        As Canada’s legitimate community organizations representing hundreds of thousands of Chinese Canadians in greater Montréal, Canada, we oppose Xinjiang-related motion passed by Canada's House of Commons on February 22. This motion was put forward by the opposition Conservative Party of Canada, and it ignored the basic facts. 
 
        We believe that some Canadian politicians and political parties use China's Xinjiang issues for their own political gain. Such selfish and narrow-minded behavior violates Canada's free and democratic values, and ​​the cultural tradition of tolerance and openness.  
 
        The Xinjiang-related motion was an accusation that could not be proven by facts, and it should not be voted politically in Parliament. If the Conservative Party and other politicians are concerned with this issue, they should seek further understanding of this matter. It is irresponsible to use unproven, distorted, one-sided stories and controversial political assertions to push federal lawmakers to vote without knowing the truth. 
 
        There are 338 members in the House of Representatives in the Parliament. 226 votes were cast in favor of the bill, with 2 abstentions. The rest of the members did not participate in the vote, so the bill cannot be called "unanimously passed." Secondly, the bill is not binding and does not represent the position of the Canadian government. Therefore, we also oppose any irresponsible media's wrong and false reports about the bill being passed by the Canadian Parliament unanimously. 
 
        As Chinese Canadians, we are concerned about the conduct of some Canadian politicians who continue to use various Chinese issues to instigate conflicts between China and Canada in order to advance their own political interests. Such irresponsible conduct will cause negative views of the entire Chinese and even Asian communities by Canadians who do not understand the truth, and cause significant distress to the lives and work of more than 1.7 million Chinese Canadians. 
 
        As we all know, China-Canada relations are currently facing great challenges due to various reasons. Some Canadian politicians have not made constructive efforts to eliminate misunderstandings, alleviate contradictions, and improve China-Canada relations. Instead, they ignore facts and use China’s Xinjiang issue to continue intensifying the conflicts between China and Canada. We are deeply disappointed and concerned about this situation. 
 
        We believe that, as the deliberative body of the elected representatives of Canada, the Parliament should focus more on the domestic affairs of Canada’s epidemic, economy, people’s livelihood, environment, and the living conditions of all ethnic groups, rather than using issues in a foreign country to shirk its own responsibility to Canadians, and ignore Canada’s own internal affairs and conflicts.  
 
        Finally, we also oppose the calling upon the federal government by the opposition leader of the Conservative Party to push the International Olympic Committee to withdraw the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in China. 
 
        Dialogue, communication and mutual respect are in line with Canadian values. The Conservative Party leaders try to politicize Olympics, disrespect the Olympic spirit, and interfere with the work of the International Olympic Committee that consists of more than 200 countries. Such conduct is absurd and irresponsible, and it will seriously damage Canada's image on the international stage.   
 
        The Montreal Chinese communities are united to make this joint statement, to oppose the Xinjiang-related motion passed by the Parliament and any politically motivated, self-serving action that may damage Canada-China relation or cast a negative view on the Chinese communities in Canada.
 
2021-03-03

联署单位： 
  Montreal Chinese Community United Center (La Chambre de Commerce Chinoise de Montréal) （The Chinese Freemson Society） (Alliance of Quebec Chinese Associations) (National Congress of Chinese Canadian (Quebec region) （ASSOCIATION CHAO CHOW DE QUEBEC CANADA） (ASSOCIATION DES CHINOIS DU VIETNAM A MONTREAL) （Fondation de la Place Sun Yat-Sen de Montreal） (Chinese Canadian Historical and cultural Society) （Association Hua Du de Montréal） （Association Sino Zhong Shan Du Québec） (Association du Guangdong au Québec) (Chambre de commerce du Guangdong au Québec) (Association Chinoise des anies) (Association des jeunes La Chambre de Commerce Chinoise de Montréal) （Troupe Artistique de La Chambre de Commerce Chinoise de Montréal） （Association des jeunes Hua Du de Montréal) (Association Des GuangXi Origins Au Canada)  （Section de Nanning de l'Association d'origines du Guangxi au Canada） （Section de Liuzhou de l'Association d'origines du Guangxi au Canada） （Section de Guilin de l'Association d'origines du Guangxi au Canada） （Section de Wuzhou de l'Association d'origines du Guangxi au Canada） （Section de Yulin de l'Association d'origines du Guangxi au Canada） (Hunanese Chambers of commerce) (Association Multiculturelle Grace du Québec)  (L'association de Tianjin du Québec) （L'association des affaires de Tianjin du Québec )  （Hainanaise Association des Montréal）                  （Chinese Musician of Quebec） （École Confucius de Montréal） （Centre communautaire chinois de l'ouest de l'île de Montréal ） （La Chambre de Commerce du Hubei au Québec) （La Société de promotion culturelle et industrielle Industrie d’Amérique du Nord） (Association de Guangxi Unis du Canada) (Association Citadine Henan du Quebec & Chambre de Commerce de Henan au Canada) (Association Shanghai Jiangsu Zhejiang de Montreal) （Chinese Information Technology Association of North America） (trois a centre de culture et echange) ( Association des bénévoles chinois au canada ) （Association de FuJian du Quebec au Canada) （La Troupe Artistique Yuezhisheng) （Yee Fung Toy Society of Montreal） （Hum Quong Yea Tong Society） （Association Jiangmen Xinhui du Québec） (Hoy Sun Association of Quebec) (Association Yunnan du Canada) (Association of Multicultural Exchanges in Canada Montreal) （Centre de culture d'ary fengye） （Association de la Culture et de l'Éducation de l'Échange Canada-Chine） (Collge McGill)

编辑：胡宪