Opinions

Nijjar’s Fatal Shooting Sheds Light on Un-stable Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy

By Tylor Anderson   On Nov 15, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco, Minister Mary Ng stated that the resumption of trade talks with India hinges on their cooperation...

STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNITY OF QUÉBEC

Please click here to sign the statement.    In the face of the urgent risk of losing the only two Chinese community social service centres in Québec, the Chinese Family Services of Greater...

Politicians’ anti-China language prompted anti-Asian violence, battleground voters say in new poll

The results are proof that voters “see through the scapegoating,” said EunSook Lee, director of the National AAPI Power Fund. By Kimmy Yam   A demonstrator holds a sign during an AAPI Rally...

In the face of anti-Asian racism, report finds some Chinese Canadians feeling ‘wu nai’ — helpless and hopeless

Study also found different generations respond to anti-Asian racism differently. By Vanessa Balintec   Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Pak-Kei Wong couldn’t always tell when he was the...

Don’t let the housing crisis fan flames of xenophobia

We must hold our governments accountable for their role in the housing crisis instead of laying the blame at the feet of hard-working new Canadians.  by Hans Jain   As a first-generation Canadian...

For bright young minds in China and US, curiosity and pragmatism outpace nationalism, distrust

    Overall, while acknowledging that he had seen only a sliver of some of the country’s most cosmopolitan cities, he said he saw “a real United States” with “warm-hearted and passionate...

Blind Spots in Canadian Foreign Policy

  Speech to The Canada Committee 100 Society The Honourable Yuen Pau Woo Independent Senator for British Columbia    Good afternoon. I have been asked to speak on “blind spots” in Canadian...

Economists worry growing conflict with China will make Canada and the world poorer

Cold War effect could slow the economy and weaken dialogue on crucial issues.  by Don Pittis Canadian domestic politics have helped magnify the most recent dispute between Beijing and Ottawa into a...

The Canadian ship of state leaks again

It is an easy strategy to transfer blame onto other nations when your own failures are so evident. Meanwhile, we stumble in the dark with unverified data leaked by the responsible Canadian agencies...