When South China Sea tensions increase, Canada might help maintain a balance with China.
Canada’s Role in South China Sea “At this week’s conference with regional leaders in Laos, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has an opportunity to strengthen Canada’s efforts to support Southeast Asian nations facing growing challenges from China, experts say. Canada could assist balance the scales with China as tensions escalate in the South China Sea.”
The goals of ASEAN are to advance peace, stability, and economic progress. However, as China has adopted a more assertive foreign policy stance in recent years, advancing regional peace has been more difficult.
Technology for “dark vessels” is supplied by Canada
The U.S. and Canada are two nations that have been criticizing China for its “aggressive maneuvers” in the South China Sea, according to Vina Nadji Bulla, vice-president of research and strategy at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
Protecting Networks from online threats
To combat cyber threats, some nations in the region are also looking to Canada for assistance.
As per the Prime Minister’s Office, Trudeau is expected to highlight Canada’s involvement in tackling novel and developing threats to peace and security, such as cybercrime, during the summit.
To encourage stability in the region and limit the impact of communism, the ASEAN was founded in 1967, at the height of the Vietnam War.
Proposing protectionism ahead of the US election, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Just before the US presidential election, a new analysis from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce warns that protectionist measures like the tariffs that Donald Trump has suggested might harm economies on both sides of the border.
To ensure that Canada is ready for any result of the election in November, business associations and Canadian officials have been engaging with their Republican and Democratic counterparts across the United States.
Protectionist measures, which might create uncertainty for Canadian commerce, have been a campaign platform for both presidential candidates. During the 2026 review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico pact, the person who wins the presidency will be in control.
The research, which employed models to calculate the effects of the tariffs if they were made permanent, predicted that the action would cost the Canadian economy between $30 billion and 1% of its size annually.
Following Poilievre’s accusation of caving in to “Hamas supporters,” the foreign affairs minister has demanded an apology.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is being criticized by Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly for allegedly feeding “Hamas supporters,” and Joly is demanding an apology from him.
On October 7, the first anniversary of the Hamas terror strike against Israel, tensions spiked early in the question period when Poilievre blasted “genocidal chants from hateful mobs” and urged Joly and her government to follow suit.
In response, Joly read aloud from a prepared statement in which she pledged to “stand” with Canadian Jews and recited the names of the victims who were killed in Canada on October 7.
When Poilievre took the floor again, he attacked Joly, claiming that she had not denounced anti-Semitic chants by pro-Palestinian demonstrators and that she had been more preoccupied with unseating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party than with carrying out her duties as foreign affairs minister.
Observing October 7th
Following the question period in the House, members held a moment of silence to commemorate the anniversary of the October 7 attack.
A unanimous motion condemning the attack and expressing support for the victims and their families was also approved by the House and was presented by Melissa Lantsman, the deputy leader of the Conservative party.
Since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict, there has been a significant increase in hate crimes in Canada against the Jewish population. Jews made up less than 1% of Canada’s population, but according to a Statistics Canada report, they were the most common target of hate crimes in 2023.