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Cross-party Parliamentarians to urge feds to take strong response to new Hong Kong security law

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NDP MP Heather McPherson, left, Conservative MP Kenny Chiu, Independent Senator Marilou McPhedran, and Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith will participate in a press conference on June 1 calling for the federal government to take 'further steps' against China's decision to impose a national security law in Hong Kong. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Twitter

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BY NEIL MOSS

June 1, 2020

As Chinese lawmakers have moved forward with national security legislation that threatens Hong Kong's “one country, two systems” bedrock, Parliamentarians across the partisan spectrum will be participating in a virtual press conference to urge the federal government to take strong action in oppo...

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