The parliamentary Canada-China relations committee (CACN) is urging the government to bolster its support for Taiwan in the face of an increasingly aggressive Beijing.
Tabled in the House on March 30, CACN’s latest report offers 18 recommendations regarding Taiwan, including rejecting the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) attempts to coerce countries like Canada to consider Taiwan as part of its territory. It also urged Canada to join its allies’ security agreements—such as the trilateral AUKUS and the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue—in order to bolster Canada’s presence in the Indo-Pacific region.
The report “Canada and Taiwan: A Strong Relationship in Turbulent Times,” draws attention to the differences between Beijing’s “one China principle,” which regards Taiwan as a province that should be reunited with the mainland, and Canada’s “one China policy,” which stays neutral on the issue but doesn’t endorse Beijing’s views….