Liberal Cabinet to Abstain From Conservative Uyghur Genocide Motion

Liberal Cabinet to Abstain From Conservative Uyghur Genocide Motion
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Feb. 16, 2021. Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—The federal Liberal cabinet will abstain from the Conservative party’s motion to have Parliament declare a genocide against ethnic Muslim Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang province.

A senior federal official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly, said other MPs would be allowed to vote freely.