It’s time for Canada to reassess Taiwan and the one-China policy

A growing number of states want to take concrete security steps to send a clearer signal to a China that has not responded to engagement and is taking increasingly risky action against Taiwan. It’s time for Canada to join them.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 6, 2018, on the Hill. When the Trudeau government voiced support for Taiwan’s inclusion in the World Health Assembly earlier this year, it made an important first step in loosening its otherwise rigid one-China stance. Canada would do well to expand on this initial step, writes Eric LerheThe Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERIC LERHE

September 10, 2018

Taiwan has faced a steadily deteriorating security situation, especially following the election of the more independence-oriented Tsai Ing-wen government in 2016. Since then, China has undertaken provocative military actions—from live fire exercises to “Island Encirclement Patrols” by its miss...

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