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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.
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Canada parliament backs HFX plan to give award to Tsai
04/15/2021 03:56 PM
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Toronto, April 14 (CNA) The Canadian House of Commons on Wednesday passed unanimously a motion voicing its support for the Halifax International Security Forum s (HFX) plan to give the 2020 John McCain Prize for Leadership in Public Service to President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文).
Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised that his government will continue to provide funding to the HFX, a U.S.-based non-governmental organization.
In the motion, which was introduced by parliamentarian and Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs Michael Chong, the Canadian parliament agreed with the statement by HFX Vice President Robin Shepherd that President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan is a well-respected international leader, the first female president of Taiwan and a strong advocate of democracy . She would certainly be an ideal fit for this awa
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