{"id":6908,"date":"2025-11-19T04:35:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T04:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadatibet.com\/?p=6908"},"modified":"2025-11-19T05:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T05:01:12","slug":"global-icon-richard-gere-brings-the-dalai-lamas-message-of-compassion-to-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadatibet.com\/fr\/global-icon-richard-gere-brings-the-dalai-lamas-message-of-compassion-to-ottawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Gere brings the Dalai Lama\u2019s Message of Compassion to Ottawa."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ottawa, November 17, 2025<\/em>\u00a0– Hollywood icon and advocate for Tibet, Richard Gere, who is also Chair of the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), joined parliamentarians and Tibetan-Canadian community members on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on November 17 for\u00a0Tibet Day on the Hill.\u00a0The full-day agenda included high-level meetings, a reception, media interviews, and the screening of the new documentary “Wisdom of Happiness<\/em>,” featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The visit emphasized the call to declare\u00a02025 <\/strong>as the Year of Compassion, in honour of His Holiness\u2019s lifelong dedication to global peace and compassion, as well as his 90th birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the day,\u00a0Parliamentary Friends of Tibet (PFT)\u00a0Chair\u00a0MP\u00a0James Maloney\u00a0and Vice-Chairs\u00a0MP\u00a0Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe\u00a0and MP\u00a0Karim Bardeesy\u00a0delivered statements in the House of Commons celebrating the Dalai Lama\u2019s message of compassion and voicing support for the self-determination rights of the Tibetan people, the resumption of Sino-Tibetan dialogue, and the protection of human rights in Tibet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the statements in the House of Commons, Richard Gere held multiple meetings with key decision-makers, including\u00a0Minister of Justice Sean Fraser,\u00a0Secretary of State for International Development\u00a0Randeep Sarai,\u00a0Parliamentary Secretary\u00a0for Foreign Affairs\u00a0Mona Fortier,\u00a0President of the Treasury Board\u00a0Shafqat Ali,\u00a0Secretary of State Stephanie McLean, and other dignitaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the evening, PFT Chair MP James Maloney, along with co-chairs\u00a0MP\u00a0Garnett Genuis\u00a0and\u00a0MP\u00a0Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe,\u00a0hosted a reception in the Speaker\u2019s Lounge with the support of the Honourable Speaker of the House,\u00a0Francis Scarpaleggia.\u00a0The reception was attended by ministers, secretaries of state, and MPs from all parties. The three parliamentary co-sponsors delivered remarks supporting Tibet and His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and Richard Gere urged Canada to support His Holiness\u2019s vision for a peaceful resolution of the Sino-Tibetan conflict and a just future for the Tibetan people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Gere also appeared on\u00a0CBC\u2019s Power & Politicsfor a national television interview, where he spoke about Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama\u2019s message of compassion, and the importance of Canada\u2019s role in supporting a peaceful resolution to the Sino-Tibetan conflict. Later in the day, a special screening of\u00a0Wisdom of Happiness<\/em>\u00a0was held on Parliament Hill, attended by over 90 people, including several parliamentarians, staffers, academics, Tibet supporters, and community members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This historic day in Ottawa was made possible by the Parliamentary Friends of Tibet Chairperson James Maloney. Richard Gere was joined in all meetings by the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in North America, Dr. Namgyal Choedup, International Campaign for Tibet\u2019s President Tencho Gyatso and Research and Monitoring lead Bhuchung Tsering, and CTC\u2019s director Sherap Therchin.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ottawa, November 17, 2025\u00a0– Hollywood icon and advocate for Tibet, Richard Gere, who is also Chair of the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), joined parliamentarians and Tibetan-Canadian community members on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on November 17 for\u00a0Tibet Day on the Hill.\u00a0The full-day agenda included high-level meetings, a reception, media interviews, and the screening of […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,39,14,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocacy","category-human-rights-in-tibet","category-news","category-resolving-sino-tibetan-conflict"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadatibet.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadatibet.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadatibet.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadatibet.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadatibet.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6908"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/canadatibet.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6937,"href":"https:\/\/canadatibet.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6908\/revisions\/6937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadatibet.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadatibet.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadatibet.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadatibet.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}