むうみんの脳内妄想

推進役は抗日連合会カナダ支部

　さてこうした経緯で採択されたカナダ下院の慰安婦決議をみれば、米国議会のそれと同様の内容であり、枠組であることが明白となる。つまり以下の趣旨だということである。

　「日本の軍や政府が政策として組織的に20万人以上の若い女性を強制徴用し、性的奴隷として、日本軍将兵のレイプの被害者とし、しかも戦後の日本はその行為に謝罪をしていない――」

　こんな断定が事実に反することは、これまた明白である。しかし日本政府は、今年７月に米国議会からそんな断定を突きつけられても、反論も抗議もしなかった。米国議会でそう断じる糾弾の決議を採択されても、当時の安倍政権は謝罪こそしなかったが、「残念だ」という簡単なコメントを出しただけだった。否定も抗議もしなかった。だから日本を非難する側にとっては、好ましい状態だったはずだ。

(日経BP社HPに掲載された古森義久氏のコラムより引用)

Motions

By unanimous consent, Ms. Chow (Trinity―Spadina), seconded by Mr. Devolin (Haliburton―Kawartha Lakes―Brock) and, by unanimous consent, by Mr. Lee (Scarborough―Rouge River) and Ms. Faille (Vaudreuil-Soulanges), moved, ― That, in the opinion of the House:

i. During its wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands, from the 1930s through the duration of World War II, the Imperial Armed Forces of Japan officially commissioned the acquisition of young women for the sole purpose of sexual servitude, who became known as “comfort women”; and

ii. Some Japanese public officials have recently expressed a regrettable desire to dilute or rescind the 1993 statement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono on the “comfort women”, which expressed the Government's sincere apologies and remorse for their ordeal; and

iii. Japan has made progress since 1945 in recognizing and atoning for its past actions, and for many decades has been a major contributor to international peace, security, and development, including through the United Nations; and

iv. The Canada-Japan alliance continues to be based on shared vital interests and values in the Asia-Pacific region, including the preservation and promotion of political and economic freedoms, support for human rights and democratic institutions, and the securing of prosperity for the people of both countries and the international community; and

v. The government of Canada should therefore encourage the government of Japan to abandon any statement which devalues the expression of regret from the Kono Statement of 1993; to clearly and publicly refute any claims that the sexual enslavement and trafficking of the “comfort women” for the Japanese lmperial Forces never occurred; to take full responsibility for the involvement of the Japanese Imperial Forces in the system of forced prostitution, including through a formal and sincere apology expressed in the Diet to all of those who were victims; and to continue to address those affected in a spirit of reconciliation.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to.