Closer ties with Taiwan a top priority, says Canada-China parliamentary committee chair

A parliamentary committee on Canada-China relations will meet Monday for the first time since June. Liberal MP Ken Hardie, the committee chair, says establishing a closer relationship with Taiwan is a top concern.

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[funfactsandreactions]

Damaging ties with India is also a top priority right?

[gugeye]

Priority should be affordable housing here not some island 1000s miles away.

[nevermind]

Canada threatening India China Russia hmmm what better than a dog 😂

[bramptonjeff]

Canada gave a SS soldier a standing ovation and the media is silent

[ILDG]

Good job Canada, picking fights with China before your mess with India is resolved 😂

[j.w.]

Canada seems so Misguided and Confused about its "Priorities" right now.

[s.mindia]

When US says bark... Canada: how loud🔊 🐶

[BimbimBap-js]

CHINESE AND INDIANS should support all separatists in Canada too😂

[greatsky]

Just one standard, just one China in the world, it´s common moral and common logic.

You can recognize the Republic of China RoC on the island Taiwan as the sole legit government of China according to its constitution, establish the diplomatic relationship wite RoC, support RoC reenter the United Nations. But at first, you should break off the diplomatic relationship with the People´s Republic of China.

[lizliz]

Why is any party/the conservatives trying to exclude India, Iran, Russia or any country from their foreign interference investigation.

[williamli]

Why not establish foreign relationship with Taiwan and send troops there?

[ianhowes]

Good idea - piss off our biggest trading partner in favor of some small island. How about we mind our own business and deal with issue here?

[leahcasey]

Canada exports more than 11x as much to the PRC as it does to the ROC. Canada imports more than 12x as much from the PRC as it does from the ROC.
These numbers have nothing to do with politics - they have every thing to do with price, availability and the size of their consumer markets.
Just curious - but doesn't this count as "political interference" inside a UN-declared "one China" by the Canadian Government?
Does Canada allow "teams" of CCP members from China to travel across Canada meeting and influencing Canadian politicians? Didn't we just declare that to be "political interference"?

[TheAmbex]

Good, we should link up with Japan and South Korea more as well.

[goodmoringful]

So what’s next Canada raise the flag of Imperial Japan. WW2 all over again but this time Canada is on the wrong side of history.

[KuruJimmy]

Avoid any Arms conflict with China or India At all costs

It will be devastating war . Let China to handle Taiwan matters

Same Ukraine let Russia to handle Ukraine matters .

[edwin]

Ramp up spat with India in order to help adversaries to gain, and then try for defence of Taiwan. It is all becoming a joke and there by matters in Indo-Pacific is going to be favourable for an aggression. These are all croc tears by Canada, and things are going absurd.

[wynetsang]

Canada to fallow US foreign policy of strategic ambiguity.

[stinsoncal]

To the Communists: Respect Taiwan, and you will get respect back! You will NEVER GOVERN TAIWAN!

[lionblue]

Canada thinks its center of world with largest military and economy in world - just kidding