MPs plan official Taiwan visit as Beijing blasts ‘hurtful’ trips, bars New Zealanders
MPs say the visit backs democratic solidarity and Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy as Beijing warns such engagement hurts ties.
- Canada-Taiwan Parliamentary Friendship Group chair Judy Sgro confirmed that Liberal and Conservative MPs will visit Taiwan the week of Oct. 11, despite warnings from Chinese Ambassador to Canada Wang Di that such engagement is "hurtful" to bilateral relations.
- In January, Liberal MPs Helena Jaczek and Marie-France Lalonde cut short a sponsored trip to Taiwan following government advice to "avoid confusion with Canada's foreign policy," while Conservative foreign affairs critic Michael Chong proceeded with his own visit last month.
- Sgro defended the group's independence, stating, "There's never been any interference or any suggestion, ever, to me that we should not be doing that—not then or now," while emphasizing parliamentary exchanges are "really important" amid geopolitical tumult.
- New Zealand's foreign ministry reported last week that China banned four of its MPs from entering the country for a year after they visited Taiwan, demanding an apology for the diplomatic breach.
- Vina Nadjibulla, vice-president of research and strategy at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, stated that such exchanges promote "democratic solidarity" against external challenges, noting Canada and Taiwan can learn from each other while grappling with disinformation and foreign interference.
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MPs plan official Taiwan visit as Beijing blasts 'hurtful' trips and bars New Zealanders
A Liberal MP says she and her parliamentary colleagues will take part in a delegation to Taiwan this fall, despite a warning from China's envoy that such visits are "hurtful" to relations with Beijing.
The Toronto Star
MPs plan official Taiwan visit as Beijing blasts ‘hurtful’ trips, bars New Zealanders
OTTAWA - A Liberal MP says she and her parliamentary colleagues will take part in a delegation to Taiwan this fall, despite a warning from China's envoy that such visits
Winnipeg Free Press
MPs plan official Taiwan visit as Beijing blasts 'hurtful' trips, bars New Zealanders
OTTAWA - A Liberal MP says she and her parliamentary colleagues will take part in a delegation to Taiwan this fall, despite a warning from China's envoy that such visits are
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