In June, a United Nations report said ISIS was seeking to destroy the community of 400,000 people, systematically rounding up Yazidis to "erase their identity." That finding meets the definition of genocide under the 1948 UN Convention on Genocide.
Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion subsequently declared that genocide was underway.
The House unanimously adopted the multi-pronged Conservative motion on Oct. 25, with a four-month target to bring in an unspecified number of Yazidis.
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