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Dear Minister: I am writing to provide my feedback on the proposed foreign influence transparency registry. Given the importance of this issue and my concerns about the impulses behind a registry, I will be making this letter public. I appreciate that your department has launched a consultation and is seeking feedback on six specific questions. […]

Internment is the forcible confinement or detention of a person during wartime. Large-scale internment operations were carried out by the Canadian government during the First World War and the Second World War. In both cases, the War Measures Act was invoked. This gave the government the authority to deny people’s civil liberties, notably habeas corpus

I have been meaning for some time to do a deeper dive into the reporting by Global News on allegations of Chinese state election interference. This deeper dive would parallel an analysis I published earlier in this substack (in three parts) on reporting by the rival Globe and Mail. This is a longish piece with

It’s a tough time to be a Chinese entrepreneur in the United States. On one hand, they’re criticized for being too Chinese. On the other, they’re criticized for trying to be more American. Damned if you do, and damned if you don’t. Not a very American way to treat honest businesses if you ask me

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Address for the Victoria Chinatown Museum Society on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Chinese Students Strike by Timothy J. Stanley It is a privilege to once again be on the territory of Songhees First Nations of the lək̓ʷəŋən people. I honour their Elders, knowledge keepers and leaders as the keepers of this

Dear Minister: I am writing to provide my feedback on the proposed foreign influence transparency registry. Given the importance of this issue and my concerns about the impulses behind a registry, I will be making this letter public. I appreciate that your department has launched a consultation and is seeking feedback on six specific questions.

The federal government’s proposed foreign influence registry has the potential to be abused against ethnic minorities in Canada, says Liberal MP Chandra Arya. And British Columbia ISG Senator Yuen Pau Woo says it will ‘do more harm than good.’ If the e-petition garners 500 signatures, the government will have to respond. by Abbas Rana An

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