Mr. Howard Balloch at the Canada-China Relations Committee

On March 9th, 2020. See this statement in context.

March 9th, 2020 / 11:20 a.m.

Former Ambassador of Canada to the People's Republic of China, As an Individual

I agree with Guy on the Taiwan question. It's got a lot to say for it.

On Hong Kong, I would say that we also need to be more robust in our discussion with the Hong Kong government. I live there, and the Hong Kong government has often not stood up in the way it should stand up to protect the rights of Hong Kong citizens, including 300,000 Canadians.

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