The Canadian House of Commons approved forum awards to Tsai Ing-wen; Trudeau denied that he had pressured to withdraw the sponsorship

House of Representatives of Canada unanimously pass a motion on Wednesday (14April), which support Halifax International Security Forum award John McCain Prize for Leadership in Public Service to Tsai Ing-wen.

The Conservative Party member Michael Chong who initiated discussion, described “President Tsai Ing-wen is a well-respected international leader, female president of Taiwan and a strong global advocate for democracy”. The non-binding motion the award to Tsai Ing-wen, it also calls on the Canada government to maintains its funding on the forum. Canada is the main funding source of the forum.

It was reported earlier that Canada opposed the award to Tsai Ing-wen, in fear of angering Beijing. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has faced questions from members of House of Commons in the past few days, he responded to Michael Chong and replies, “the government has supported and provided funding to the Halifax Security Forum throughout our time in office, and the minister has participated every year and will continue to”. He continued by saying that he always supported Taiwan's “meaningful participation in multilateral international forums”, and continues to have strong and growing trade relations with Taiwan.

Source: Stand News #Apr15

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