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Hong Kong - New Law, New Reality?: Ai-Men Lau on CBC News

As China's national security law came into effect July 1, 2020, thousands of Hong Kongers took to the streets to protests. The law...

Why I've fled my home in Hong Kong to keep fighting the tyrants of Beijing: Nathan Law in the Daily Mail

We will sustain our resistance on all fronts. Millions of brave people in Hong Kong facing China's dictatorship have shown that their determination...

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Promotion or exile? It seems unfathomable to me that anyone would want to bother with the UN. Decent minds should be able to find more productive labours. But, New York on an expense account is nice. twitter.com/nationalpost/s…

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Why I've fled my home in Hong Kong to keep fighting the tyrants of Beijing: Nathan Law in the Daily Mail

We will sustain our resistance on all fronts. Millions of brave people in Hong Kong facing China's dictatorship have shown that their determination...

The Chinese Communist Party is not really very Chinese at all: Charles Burton in the Globe and Mail

If the Chinese Communist Party seeks to devastate the international rules-based order, then be transparent and open about it. It is a betrayal...

Quiet diplomacy isn’t working for Kovrig and Spavor: Gary Caroline and Marcus Kolga in the Star

The Trudeau government must redouble its efforts to secure the two Michaels’ release through more aggressive means. Quiet diplomacy is not working. It...

I fled Hong Kong to fight for the city’s freedom and democracy on a global scale: Nathan Law in the Independent

I was elected as the youngest legislator of Hong Kong, but Beijing imprisoned me for speaking the truth. Now I’m leaving the city...

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Hong Kong - New Law, New Reality?: Ai-Men Lau on CBC News

As China's national security law came into effect July 1, 2020, thousands of Hong Kongers took to the streets to protests. The law...

Webinar Panel Video: Three Years on the Baltic Watch

In 2017, Canada took up a leadership role as the Framework Nation of NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence (EFP) Battlegroup in Latvia. And, immediately...

China Double Downs on Criticisms of Canada: Brian Lee Crowley on CTV News

Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley joined CTV News to discuss China's continued sustained pressure campaign in the wake of leveling formal spurious charges...

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Inside Policy: Beyond Lockdown - Helping Canada's Economy Recover from the COVID Emergency

OTTAWA, ON (June 30, 2020): The COVID-19 outbreak that began in China has since spread around the world, resulting in accelerating fatalities, lockdowns,...

Fighting COVID-19 is Not Like Fighting a War: Quarterly Economic Report by Philip Cross

OTTAWA, ON (June 29, 2020): Government deficits are on track to reach $400 billion just as the Canadian economy has been brought to...

Canada Must Reject Calls to Release Meng Wanzhou: An Open Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau

(Read the press release here.) The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street, Ottawa,...

Canadian thought leaders urge Prime Minister to reject calls to release Meng Wanzhou

OTTAWA, ON (June 26, 2020): As Canada continues to wrestle with China’s hostage diplomacy, several high-profile Canadians have called on the federal government...

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