• Work with our allies to build a “coalition of democracies” with the goal of decoupling critical parts of our supply chains from China.
• As the Government of Canada, recognize the Uyghur genocide and encouraging our allies to do the same.
• Ban imports that have been produced using forced and enslaved Uyghur labour.
• End policies that grant special treatment to Hong Kong, recognizing that Beijing’s decision to crack down on its autonomy eliminates the rationale for the special treatment.
• Support the people of Hong Kong fighting for freedom, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law by:
° Supporting a “Young Talents” program to encourage young people from Hong Kong to study in Canada.
° Waiving records of arrest, charge or conviction related to pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong when processing visas.
° Providing documentation for those fleeing Hong Kong and seeking asylum in Canada who cannot obtain documentation from Hong Kong authorities.
• Withdraw from the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
• Ban Huawei from Canada’s 5G infrastructure and further investigate the company’s role in providing surveillance capabilities that have been used against the Uyghur people and other persecuted minorities in China.
• Advise universities against partnerships with China’s state-controlled companies and organizations and prohibit federal granting councils from participating in these partnerships.
• Join the UK proposition for a Digital 10 to protect free societies’ data and cyber sovereignty.
• Crack down on China’s foreign influence operations on Canadian soil by:
° Making it clear to China’s diplomats that any involvement in intimidation or threats to anyone in Canada provides grounds to be declared persona non grata and expelled from Canada;
° Revoking visas of Chinese nationals identified by national security agencies as conducting espionage or stealing intellectual property.
° Revoking the licenses of China’s state-run and state-controlled broadcasters that spread disinformation.
° Banning senior public office holders for five years after leaving office (including former Prime Ministers, Ministers, Clerks of the Privy Council, Deputy/Assistant Deputy Ministers and Ambassadors) from employment or contracts with China’s government or an entity controlled by China’s government. The ban would include doing work through a consulting or law firm.
• Use Canada’s Magnitsky sanctions law to sanction China’s worst human rights offenders.
• Grant asylum to mainland Chinese proponents of freedom and persecuted minorities, including Tibetans, Falun Gong practitioners and others.
• Do everything to ensure that the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is not a platform for China’s global propaganda.