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“It’s disappointing but not surprising to see the extent to which the Trudeau government will go to secretly support the Communist Party of China,” Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said of the news.
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“A national disgrace,” said David Mulroney, Canada’s former ambassador to China. “Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy has no room for one of the most courageous, principled, and seriously threatened women on the planet.”
Mulroney added that Canada’s support for the One China policy does not preclude independent organizations from granting honours like this to Tsai.
MOFA downplays Tsai prize furor
‘IDEAL FIT’: A report on Sunday said that the Canadian government threatened to pull its support and funding from the HFX if the award was given to the president
Staff writer, with CNA
The government would respect the decision of the organizer of the John McCain Prize for Leadership in Public Service on whether it plans to award a prize to President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday.
The statement was issued after US Web site Politico reported a day earlier that the Canadian government had warned the Halifax International Security Forum (HFX) not to give the award to Tsai for fear of provoking Beijing.
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Taiwan says it would be honoured to receive an award from the Halifax International Security Forum, an annual event funded by the Canadian government.
Canada, however, has reportedly warned forum organizers that it will yank funding if the prize is given to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, apparently out of fear of offending the Chinese Communist Party.
Beijing considers the self-governing democracy of Taiwan a breakaway province despite the fact the Chinese Communist Party, which took power in 1949, has never ruled the island.
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