Canada has become one of the popular destinations for Hongkongers to migrate to in recent years. However, as of June 2022, nearly 4,000 Hongkongers did not know they were ineligible to migrate after entering Canada with Open Work Visas (OWP).
Aileeen Calverley, co-founder and trustee of Hong Kong Watch, has been marching through the Canadian Parliament for the past year, attending various meetings and meeting with Congress cross-party members to plead for the Canadian government’s extension and expansion of the lifeboat scheme.
On March 5, Calverly conducted an exclusive interview with The Epoch Times to discuss the proposal of Canada’s lifeboat scheme by Hong Kong Watch and untangle some of the misunderstandings Hongkongers might have regarding the Canadian lifeboat plan….