Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet will abstain from voting on a Conservative motion that would label Chinese human rights abuses targeting Muslims in the western Xinjiang region as genocide. Government sources tell CBC News that Liberal cabinet ministers will abstain from voting. Some Liberal MPs, including Nathaniel Erskine-Smith and Anthony Housefather, have said they plan to vote in favour of the motion. WATCH | Conservatives call on all MPs to support Uighur genocide motion:Conservatives call on all MPs to support Uighur genocide motion Politics News Video 1:21 The House of Commons will vote on whether to formally declare China's treatment of the Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims as a genocide. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet ministers have been reluctant to use the word "genocide" to describe China's actions against the Uighurs.

Source: CBC News February 22, 2021 17:12 UTC