Chip in with Taiwan: why Canada should support fair UN participation

Taiwan’s exclusion from the United Nations and its affiliated agencies undermines international co-operation at a time when collective solutions are most needed.

Canada should speak out clearly in support of Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the UN system at the General Assembly this month, writes Representative Harry H.J. Tseng. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY HARRY H.J. TSENG

September 8, 2025

Challenges abound in today’s turbulent international environment: the rise of authoritarianism, democratic backsliding, the weaponization of trade, beggar-thy-neighbour policies, cyberattacks, and grey-zone intimidation through military exercises. Yet amid this instability...

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