Petition to the Government of Canada to Establish Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day 訂定南京大屠殺紀念日請願書
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Text of the petition
Whereas:
- December 13th marks the anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre. In 1937 the Imperial Japanese Army raped an estimated 20,000 to 80,000 Chinese women and girls, and killed an estimated 300,000 people;
- Documents of the Nanjing Massacre were included in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register;
- Western eyewitnesses in Nanjing described the atrocities as “Hell on Earth”;
- After the Nanjing Massacre, the military sexual slavery system for the Japanese military expanded rapidly and approximately 200,000 women from Korea, Philippines, China, Burma, Indonesia and other Japanese occupied territories were tricked, kidnapped or coerced into working in "comfort stations" to serve as “comfort women” to the Imperial Japanese Army;
- The crimes against humanity perpetrated during the Nanjing Massacre are not merely a regional issue, but an issue of international justice that is acknowledged by individual provinces across Canada through different commemorative events; and
- Canada has a rich humanitarian tradition of advocating for peace and of recognizing global atrocities where women and children are often casualties of brutal wars and armed conflicts.
We, the following named persons, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to declare December 13th of every year as Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day.
請願書─致加拿大政府
鑒於：
- 12月13日是南京大屠殺紀念日，日本帝國軍隊在1937年強暴約20,000至80,000位中國婦女和女孩，並且殺害約30萬人；
- 南京大屠殺的檔案已列入聯合國教科文組織世界記憶名錄；
- 當時在南京的西方目擊者將此暴行描述為「人間地獄」；
- 在南京大屠殺發生後，日本軍隊的性奴隸制度迅速擴張，20萬名韓國、菲律賓、中國、緬甸、印尼及其他日軍佔領地區的婦女被強迫、綁架或誘騙到「慰安所」成為日本帝國軍隊的「慰安婦」；
- 南京大屠殺如此不人道的罪行不僅是地域性的議題，加拿大不同省份都有活動紀念這項關於國際公義的議題；
- 加拿大有深厚的人道主義傳統，我們倡導和平及正視全球造成婦女、孩童嚴重暴行的戰爭及武裝衝突。
我們，即以下具名的加拿大公民及居民，籲請加拿大政府宣佈把每年的12月13日奠定為南京大屠殺紀念日。
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Content of the petition:
Petition to the Government of Canada to
Oppose the Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion
We, the undersigned residents of Canada, draw the attention of the House of Commons to the following:
THAT
- Kinder Morgan is planning to build a new heavy oil pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia – tripling the capacity of the Trans Mountain pipeline system in BC to 890,000 barrels per day;
- This new pipeline brings massive environmental and economic risk, but no substantial benefit to British Columbia or to local residents;
- Approximately 40,000 barrels of oil have already leaked from the existing Kinder Morgan pipeline, including two major spills in Burnaby since 2007;
- Kinder Morgan estimates this new pipeline will only create 50 permanent full-time jobs and has stated it may be built using workers from outside BC;
- There is no known scientific technology to clean up the bitumen when there is a spill;
- Kinder Morgan argued in its National Energy Board application that oil spills can have positive economic effects as “spill response and clean-up creates business and employment opportunities”;
- Oil from this new pipeline will not be refined in British Columbia, sold to local consumers, or used to meet Canada’s energy needs – but instead will be shipped by tanker to foreign markets;
- These raw exports will increase the number of oil tankers coming into the Burrard Inlet from eight to 34 per month, putting at risk our waterways and the industries dependent on them;
- This new pipeline will pass through densely-populated urban areas, residential neighborhoods, and the traditional territories of 15 First Nations.
- The Liberal and Conservative Government have undermined the National Energy Board review process, resulting in many BC residents being unfairly prevented from sharing their concerns;
- Trudeau betrayed Canadians by approving the Kinder Morgan Expansion under Stephen Harper’s process
THEREFORE we call on the Government of Canada to immediately act to prevent this new oil pipeline from proceeding through British Columbia.
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