China

CHARBONNEAU – Hold public inquiry but no Public Inquiry into China issue

June 1, 2023 // 0 Comments

LIKE A REFEREE in a hockey game, David Johnston’s call was either booed or cheered depending which side you’re on. Federal opposition parties wanted a Public Inquiry but [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Johnston is right – there shouldn’t be a public inquiry on China

May 25, 2023 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. OF COURSE — let me repeat, of course — there should not be a public inquiry into China’s interference in Canada’s elections. Judging [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Canadians say, treat China as a threat to our interests

March 10, 2023 // 1 Comment

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 10, 2023 – In the aftermath of a Chinese test of Canadian airspace, and, alleged attempts of interference in the last two Canadian [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Two in three believe Beijing tried to interfere in elections

March 1, 2023 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 1, 2023 – The latest allegations to strain an already challenged diplomatic relationship between Ottawa and Beijing have a majority of [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Ukraine could become the theatre of a proxy war

March 24, 2022 // 1 Comment

DESPITE DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR on the part of President Putin, Russia is no longer a superpower. Putin imagines a restoration of the glorious Soviet Union when it spanned [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – China should take a lesson from U.S. on propaganda

February 10, 2022 // 1 Comment

CHINA COULD LEARN propaganda techniques from the U.S. China’s attempts to control the impression that the world has of China at the Beijing Winter Olympics is clumsy [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Three in five want less trade between Canada and China

January 10, 2022 // 3 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE January 10, 2022 – As the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing intensifies the international spotlight on China, new data from the non-profit Angus [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – China tries to take the separatist out of Tibetan children

December 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

CHINA COULD LEARN from Canada’s mistaken attempt to “take the Indian out of the child,” as John A. Macdonald put it. Now China is repeating Canada’s folly by trying [Continue]

EDITORIAL – A ‘new normal’ with China begins right here in our home town

September 27, 2021 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT TO DO about China? That seems to be the big question now that Meng Wanzhou has gone home and the two Michaels are back on Canadian [Continue]

POLITICS – When will Canada stand up to all the bullying from China?

March 22, 2021 // 1 Comment

By ANDREW PICKFORD and JEFFREY COLLINS Macdonald-Laurier Institute LAST WEEK, U.S. President Joe Biden joined his Japanese, Indian, and Australian counterparts at the [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – No friendship with China until the Michaels are set free

March 16, 2021 // 3 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 16, 2021 – Amid news from Chinese state-affiliated media that the trials of detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor will begin [Continue]

O’TOOLE – China’s government is acting with intent to destroy the Uyghurs

February 23, 2021 // 3 Comments

By ERIN O’TOOLE Leader, Conservative Party of Canada MORE THAN A MILLION Uyghur men and women have been detained in a vast network of camps in northwestern China. The [Continue]

EDITORIAL – U.S. and China show us why we should be proud of Canada

August 11, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE TWO MOST POWERFUL nations on Earth have just reminded us why we’re so lucky to live where we do, and we thank them for that because [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Community groups must stand up for Canada against China

May 28, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I REMAIN CONVINCED that our best shot at getting ourselves out of the hole we’ve dug in our relationship with China is at the grassroots [Continue]