OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michael Chong is travelling to Taiwan this week in a self-described bid to say Canadian sovereignty.
The previous cupboard minister says the journey is to point out solidarity with Taiwan, and in addition to spite China’s ambassador to Canada.
In an interview with The Globe and Mail final month, Beijing’s envoy to Canada mentioned any MPs travelling to Taiwan would threat damaging the brand new partnership between the 2 international locations Prime Minister Mark Carney signed this yr.
In a information launch, Chong mentioned Canadians “don’t take path from a international authorities about the place Canadian MPs can journey internationally.”
Based on World Affairs Canada, in 2024 Taiwan was Canada’s fifteenth largest buying and selling companion and sixth largest in Asia.
Though Taiwan considers itself an unbiased nation, Canada’s official place neither challenges nor endorses China’s declare on the island — but nonetheless treats Taiwan as a part of the federal government’s long-standing One China Coverage.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Could 17, 2026.
The Canadian Press
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