MPs Call For End to Atrocities in China As Trudeau Meets Senior Chinese Official

World Falun Dafa Day rally on Parliament Hill celebrates 24th anniversary of practice

Liberal MP Judy Sgro speaks at a rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 10, 2016, to celebrate Falun Dafa Day. This year marks 24 years since the public introduction of the Falun Dafa spiritual discipline on May 13, 1992. Jonathan Ren/Epoch Times

OTTAWA—As Falun Dafa adherents picked May 10 to gather on Parliament Hill for a large-scale celebration, they did not expect that the prime minister would on the same day be meeting with a senior official from the Chinese regime that is carrying out an ongoing persecution against their spiritual discipline.

“I hope that the senior member of the Chinese Communist Politburo, who has just arrived to meet with Prime Minister Trudeau, takes home a message about Zhen, Shan, Ren—Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance—as practised by [Falun Dafa] practitioners across Canada and around the world, and in the millions in China,” said Conservative MP Peter Kent in a speech at the event, highlighting the three central guiding principles of the practice.

Conservative MP Peter Kent speaks at a rally on Parliament Hill on May 10, 2016, to celebrate Falun Dafa Day. This year marks 24 years since the public introduction of the Falun Dafa spiritual discipline on May 13, 1992. Pam McLennan/Epoch Times