Tag: Cong Peiwu

PM, Leaders Criticize University for Limiting Press at Chinese Ambassador Talk

University of Ottawa President Jacques Frémont apologized Nov. 30 for the university’s decision to limit press freedoms during a talk by Chinese Ambassador Cong Peiwu. Cong requested that university staff stop journalists from recording his talk on Nov. 28. A Radio-Canada cameraman was asked to leave. “We made the wrong decision at the last moment….


It’s Time to Send China’s Envoys in Canada Packing

Commentary In 2012, Stephen Harper’s Conservative government closed the Iranian embassy and sent its diplomats home. The decision came about due to the government realizing the hopelessness of pursuing any sort of productive relationship with the regime in Tehran. Calling Iran the “most significant threat to world peace,” the government cited the regime’s support for…


Perhaps It’s Time to Send China’s Envoys in Canada Packing

Commentary In 2012, Stephen Harper’s Conservative government closed the Iranian embassy and sent its diplomats home. The decision came about due to the government realizing the hopelessness of pursuing any sort of productive relationship with the regime in Tehran. Calling Iran the “most significant threat to world peace,” the government cited the regime’s support for…