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It is nothing if not rich in irony, this latest dramatic plot twist in the ongoing “world stage” soap opera chronicling the embarrassing ups and downs of the Trudeau government’s unrequited affections for Chinese strongman Xi Jinping. Of all people, Taiwan’s heroic president, the 64-year-old feminist and liberal Tsai Ing-wen, has been forced to endure the misfortune of being dragged into the script for this week’s episode.
Of all people: President Tsai is precisely the kind of dynamic middle-power personality the Trudeau Liberals, if we were to take them at their word about what they claim to stand for, would be falling all over themselves to be seen with. Nevertheless, in the last remaining setting at which Canada can still claim some international prestige the Halifax International Security Forum (HFX), now in its 11th year Team Trudeau has beclowned itself again, and this time it’s at Tsai’s expense.
Besides the SolarWinds hack, U.S. officials last month alleged that Putin authorized influence operations to help Donald Trump in his unsuccessful bid for re-election as president, although there s no evidence Russia or anyone else changed votes or manipulated the outcome.
Russia swiftly denounced the actions and warned of retaliation.
Blinken slams Russia s reckless actions
The measures announced Thursday include sanctions on six Russian companies that support the country s cyber activities, in addition to sanctions on 32 individuals and entities accused of attempting to interfere in last year s presidential election, including by spreading disinformation.
The U.S. also sanctioned eight people and entities tied to Russia s occupation of Crimea.
Taiwanese President ‘Ideal Fit’ for Prestigious John McCain Award, Parliament Unanimously Agrees
Sajjan rejects claims that the government threatened to withold funding for Halifax security conference
The House of Commons unanimously adopted a motion Wednesday in support of the Halifax Security International Forum’s decision to award the prestigious John McCain prize to the president of Taiwan.
The motion, introduced by Conservative foreign affairs critic Michael Chong and created in consultation with all political parties, called on MPs to express whether they agree with the statement of the Forum’s vice president Robin Shepherd that President Tsai Ing-wen deserves the John McCain Prize for Leadership in Public Service.
Glavin: Taiwan s liberal-democracy champion is squeezed out as Canada kowtows to China
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