OTTAWA — As a cross-party delegation of Canadian members of Parliament traveled to Taiwan this week, a coalition of Chinese Canadian “reunification” associations demanded that the federal government “restrain its members of parliament from inappropriate behavior related to Taiwan.”
The statement was published on October 13 by CC.News, a Toronto Chinese-language news site. It is signed by the Canadian Chinese Alliance for the Promotion of China’s Reunification and affiliated committees in the Greater Toronto Area, Vancouver, Montreal and Calgary.
Beneath the article, in its advertising section, CC.News runs its own promotional panel showing former prime minister Justin Trudeau, a former Chinese consul general in Toronto, and a crowd at a rally in Markham, Ont., beneath the flag of the People’s Republic of China.
The same section carries a campaign poster for Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, who is seeking re-election on October 26, and another for her challenger, Brad Bradford.
A related-articles panel links to a 2019 CC.News story reporting that Wei Chengyi of the Confederation of Toronto Chinese Canadian Organizations had been received by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The October 13 statement names Liberal MP Judy Sgro, chair of the Canada-Taiwan parliamentary friendship group, Conservative MP Eric Duncan and New Democratic MP Jenny Kwan among those it says departed for Taiwan.
The statement declares that “the Taiwan Strait is under Chinese jurisdiction,” calls Canadian naval transits “a provocation against China’s sovereignty,” and warns that “‘Taiwan independence’ means war.” It tells MPs to “immediately cease all official exchanges with Taiwan” and closes with a pledge that the signatories “will continue to monitor developments.”
