China-Canada Relations
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Canada Moves Forward with WTO Dispute Against Chinese Restrictions on Canola Seeds
In September of 2019, Canada requested WTO consultations with China in relation
to Chinese measures restricting imports of canola seeds from Canada.
Consultations were held in October of that year but failed to resolve the
dispute. In June of 2021, Canada revived the dispute by requesting a panel.
China blocked
Canadian Parliament Passes Resolution Calling for Moving the Beijing Olympics
On February 18, as part of the consideration in the Canadian House of Commons of
a “non-binding resolution” on whether the treatment of the Uighurs constitutes
genocide, a provision was added
[https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/House/432/Debates/061/HAN061-E.PDF#page=17]
that calls upon the International Olympic
Canadian Spy Agency Director Calls China "A Direct Threat" to National Security
Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Director David Vigneault, during a
public speech
[https://www.canada.ca/en/security-intelligence-service/news/2021/02/remarks-by-director-david-vigneault-to-the-centre-for-international-governance-innovation.html]
on February 9, identified the Government of China as “a direct threat to our
national security and sovereignty.”
During a speech to the Centre for International Governance
February 5th Canadian Parliament Discussion of Huawei and 5G Networks
At the Canadian Parliament’s House of Commons debate on February 5, 2021
[https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-2/house/sitting-58/hansard#Int-11121889]
, MP James Cummings of the Conservative party pressed William Amos, the
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, on
a ban on Huawei
