The Conservatives have renewed their call for Canada to pull out of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
During Question Period in the House of Commons on June 16, Conservative MP Michael Chong said the June 14 resignation of AIIB executive Bob Pickard, a Canadian, shows the bank is dominated by the Chinese Communist Party.
“The bank is a tool of the Chinese Communist Party to spread its authoritarian model of governance throughout the Indo-Pacific region,” said Chong. “The bank has said it’s willing to lend to Myanmar’s military junta, who’ve been targeting the Rohingya minority. And there are suggestions it is willing to resume lending to Russia. What more proof does the government need to conclude that this bank runs contrary to Canada’s interest and values?”…