Scott Simon at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

May 26th, 2026 / 4:10 p.m.

Full Professor, School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University Of Ottawa, As an Individual

Scott Simon

I can add to that.

There is reason to be concerned about some of the comments Trump has made about Taiwan—about delaying the sale of arms to Taiwan and saying that those 1982 six assurances of Reagan were “a long time ago”. There are reasons to believe Trump cannot be trusted on this file. We have to be aware of that.

That's why we need more Canada.

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