Sikyong Penpa Tsering and Venerable Tenzin Rabyal made statements, and Sikyong Penpa Tsering answered questions.

Garnett Genuis moved, — That this committee report to the House its call for the immediate resumption of Sino-Tibetan dialogue.

Debate arose thereon.

It was agreed, — That the debate be adjourned until after the questioning of the witnesses has been completed.

Questioning of the witnesses resumed.

At 5:03 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:06 p.m., the sitting resumed.

The question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Ziad Aboultaif, Rachel Bendayan, Stéphane Bergeron, Valerie Bradford, Michael D. Chong, Garnett Genuis, Viviane Lapointe, Heather McPherson, Robert Oliphant, Arif Virani — 10;

NAYS: — 0.

By unanimous consent, Marty Morantz voted yea.

The motion, as amended, read as follows:

That this committee call for dialogue between representatives of the Tibetan people (his Holiness the Dalai Lama or his representatives and/or the Central Tibetan Administration) and the government of the People's Republic of China with a view to enabling Tibet to exercise genuine autonomy within the framework of the Chinese constitution; report this motion to the House, and request the government table a response to the report.

It was agreed, — That the analysts be instructed to draft a statement based on the testimony of the committee’s meeting with the Central Tibetan Administration.

At 5:17 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:19 p.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

It was agreed, — That the clerk make the necessary arrangements for a meeting with The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Monday, May 16, 2022.

It was agreed, — That the clerk make the necessary arrangements for a meeting with the Danish Foreign Policy Committee on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, and that the members of the Standing Committee on National Defence also be invited to attend.

It was agreed, — That the proposed budget in the amount of $4,125.00 , for the study Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Current Situation of Human Rights in Ukraine and Russia, be adopted.

It was agreed, — That the clerk of the committee, in consultation with the Chair and the analysts, prepare a draft budget respecting the committee’s proposed travel to Riga (Latvia), Tallinn (Estonia), Vilnius (Lithuania), and Warsaw and Zamosc (Poland), in relation to its study of the situation at the Russia-Ukraine border and the implications for peace and security, for consideration by the Subcommittee on Committee Budgets of the Liaison Committee.

It was agreed, — That the clerk of the committee, in consultation with the Chair and the analysts, prepare a draft budget respecting the committee’s proposed travel to Stockholm (Sweden), Helsinki (Finland), Brussels (Belgium), and Zamosc (Poland), in relation to its study of the situation at the Russia-Ukraine border and the implications for peace and security, for consideration by the Subcommittee on Committee Budgets of the Liaison Committee.