Mr. Weldon Epp at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On February 14th, 2022. See this statement in context.

February 14th, 2022 / 12:20 p.m.

Director General, North Asia, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

I'd be happy to.

Canada's one China policy forms the basis of Canada's bilateral official relations with China, but the policy has also allowed us to maintain unofficial but valuable people-to-people ties—trade and investment ties—with Taiwan. At the time of Canada's recognition of the PRC, Canada took note of China's position on Taiwan, neither endorsing nor challenging that position.

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