Help for Canadians in Hong Kong expected, as committee says Uighurs face 'genocide'

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Follow @Leth_Herald on twitter By Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press on November 12, 2020. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marco Mendicino listens to speakers during a news conference in Ottawa, Friday October 2, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld OTTAWA – The federal government is expected to announce long-awaited plans today to help Canadians living in Hong Kong amid the Chinese clampdown on democracy in the territory. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino is to unveil the government’s plans at a press conference in Ottawa. Earlier Thursday, members of the House of Commons committee looking into the plight of ethnic Muslim Uighurs in...