Despite limited leverage, Canada has duty to mount full-throated condemnation of China’s national security law, say experts, Parliamentarians

'We can’t lose sight of the fact that Hong Kong has been a fabric of Canada, and we owe it to Hong Kongers to be very public about our opposition to what is taking place,' says Sen. Jim Munson.

Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne issued a joint statement May 28 with his U.S., British, and Australian counterparts reiterating their 'deep concern' that China's new security law 'will exacerbate the existing deep divisions' in Hong Kong.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

May 28, 2020

Ottawa’s joint denunciation of Beijing’s move to enact a new national security law in Hong Kong is a “great start,” says one activist, but some Parliamentarians and experts say the country has an obligation to mount a more forceful response, even if it has “...

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