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Foreign Affairs committee  Normally one would expect, as Madam Laverdière knows so well having had a career in the foreign service, that any meeting between two leaders of nations would not be spontaneous. We'd already know the people at the lower levels, and we would already have worked out what the two leaders will essentially agree to and discuss.

April 24th, 2018Committee meeting

Dr. Charles Burton

Foreign Affairs committee  I think in the past, you know—

April 24th, 2018Committee meeting

Dr. Charles Burton

Foreign Affairs committee  I really am not too confident that we can come to terms with North Korea through negotiations, as they have a consistent record of not fulfilling commitments that they make in the course of these negotiations, typically with regard to denuclearization in exchange for economic aid of different types.

April 24th, 2018Committee meeting

Dr. Charles Burton

Foreign Affairs committee  I think when we look at the state-owned enterprises, we see they are able to draw on all of the resources of the state in terms of fulfilling their competitive goals, and they also are required to implement the purposes of the state in their behaviour. For example, CSE does not help BlackBerry find a competitive bid with Samsung or something like that.

April 24th, 2018Committee meeting

Dr. Charles Burton

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for inviting me today as you prepare the second half of your fact-finding mission in support of your study of Canada's engagement in Asia. My main area of focus in political science is Canada-China relations. I've also published studies on the domestic and foreign policies of China and North Korea, and I served twice at the Canadian embassy in Beijing.

April 24th, 2018Committee meeting

Dr. Charles Burton

Foreign Affairs committee  I think at that time in 1998 a primary focus of the Canadian International Development Agency, which had representatives in the embassy in Beijing, was good governance, democratic development, and human rights. When China signed the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, we were very keen to assist China in bringing its laws and practices into compliance with the covenant so that they could ratify and then be subject to the reporting requirements and international supervision that Mr.

May 5th, 2015Committee meeting

Dr. Charles Burton

Foreign Affairs committee  I could speak to that. I think the key here is that China signed the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 1998, but China has not ratified the covenant and therefore is not required to report to the United Nations on its compliance with the specific provisions of the covenant.

May 5th, 2015Committee meeting

Dr. Charles Burton

Foreign Affairs committee  I don't have the list of the countries that endorse the Sino-British joint declaration, but I believe these would be primarily western European and Scandinavian nations.

May 5th, 2015Committee meeting

Dr. Charles Burton

May 5th, 2015Committee meeting

Dr. Charles Burton

Foreign Affairs committee  I think because of the great influence of China in the United Nations, the United Nations is probably not the way to go with this because of China's developmental aid to many members of the United Nations on human rights and other issues. The nations are inclined to support China because China makes it explicit that they expect the support of those nations if those nations expect to continue to receive aid for developmental projects for, say, resource extraction for trans-shipment to China.

May 5th, 2015Committee meeting

Dr. Charles Burton

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, I'm a lowly professor from St. Catharines, Ontario, who studies China, so I haven't been actually approaching any national governments on this question, with all due respect. I do believe our Hong Kong friends might be able to answer that question.

May 5th, 2015Committee meeting

Dr. Charles Burton

Foreign Affairs committee  In general, our expectation is that the Chinese government should be respecting international agreements that are made, and that would extend to the WTO and all the international agreements that China has ascribed to. I think there is a tendency of the Government of China to push the envelope beyond the normal range for interpretation of these agreements, and I think that we should be making it clear that we are not going to stand idly by and let that happen.

May 5th, 2015Committee meeting

Dr. Charles Burton

Foreign Affairs committee  It's not entirely without some response. At various times the Dalai Lama comes to Canada and meets with our Prime Minister, for example, I think most recently in 2012. There will be statements by the Chinese embassy that promise dire consequences for our relations if our Prime Minister meets with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

May 5th, 2015Committee meeting

Dr. Charles Burton

Foreign Affairs committee  I think certainly it's important that we should be speaking out on this issue. I noted the extraordinary letter that the ambassador of China here in Canada wrote with regard to these hearings, warning us that this could cause a disturbance to China-Canada relations. I think the reason that the Government of China has made such an unprecedented attempt to interfere in a parliamentary committee process is that they are embarrassed when someone of enormous international integrity and reputation, such as Martin Lee, tells us things that are absolutely the truth.

May 5th, 2015Committee meeting

Dr. Charles Burton

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Allison, and thank you very much for inviting me to appear today to give evidence on the situation in Hong Kong. I would like to provide you with some context based on my knowledge of Canada's interaction with the Government of China and the British embassy in Beijing with regard to the arrangements that were being made made for Hong Kong at the time.

May 5th, 2015Committee meeting

Dr. Charles Burton