Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos says he finds it unusual that a motion he introduced to recognize communist China’s mistreatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims as an act of genocide was voted down. The motion was voted down 33-29 in the Senate on June 29, with 13 abstentions. It was supported by Conservative senators, while the majority of the Independent Senators Group, comprised mainly of senators appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and led by Sen. Yuen Pau Woo, and the Progressive Senate Group, comprised mainly of former Liberal senators appointed by Trudeau’s Liberal predecessors, voted against the motion. A similar motion to recognize China’s treatment of Uyghurs as genocide, sponsored in House of Commons by Conservative MP Michael Chong, passed unanimously on Feb. 22, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet abstaining from the vote. Housakos said while it is not unusual for the two parliamentary chambers voting on …