Still time to course correct on leaving Taiwan out of civil aviation body

Taiwan’s exclusion is precisely the form of international gap which the International Civil Aviation Organization's own founding documents describe as an abuse which can ‘become a threat to the general security.’

If international institutions are perceived as political arms of certain countries, directed at accomplishing political ends rather than prioritizing their stated mandates, they will lose trust among member states, write Sen. Michael MacDonald and Representative Winston Wen-yi Chen.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR MICHAEL L. MACDONALD, WINSTON WEN-YI CHEN

August 13, 2021

As Canada joins the international community in condemning Belarus’ forced diversion of Ryanair Flight 4978, we are reminded again of the importance of international co-operation in setting the rules and norms that undergird safe air travel throughout the world. Indeed, outside of moments of crisis...

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