Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau renews support for Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Assembly in Parliament
The 74th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) will take place from May 24 to June 1, and the Chinese Communist Party is still blocking Taiwan’s participation. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has recently renewed his support for Taiwan’s participation in the WHO, after publicly supporting Taiwan’s participation last year. Former Canadian Health Minister and Wenyi Chen of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Canada also co-authored an article calling for no gaps in global public health.
The annual World Health Assembly is about to be held, and Canadian officials and private citizens are actively calling for Taiwan to be allowed to participate as an observer in this meeting where global public health is at stake. Michael Chong, the federal Conservative MP for foreign affairs, cited Taiwan’s success in fighting the Communist virus epidemic in Parliament, questioning Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about his support for Taiwan’s participation in the WHO. “Taiwan has been one of the most successful countries in the world in dealing with the epidemic. It has a population of 23 million and has only had about 1,000 cases and 10 deaths.”
Trudeau also firmly expressed his support for Taiwan. “We have consistently supported Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international forums. It is in the global health interest for Taiwan to serve as an observer at meetings of the World Health Assembly. We welcome all members of the international community to participate and work together to promote global health.”
As we get closer to the date of the World Health Assembly, the Chinese Communist Party has not relented in its intention to allow Taiwan to participate, which has pushed up the official and private voices in Canada concerned about Taiwan’s support for Taiwan’s participation in the WHO. Last week, Representative Wenyi Chen of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Canada and former federal health minister Tony Clement wrote an article in the Toronto Sun about Taiwan’s achievements in fighting the epidemic, criticizing the Chinese Communist Party for leaving a gaping hole in the world’s epidemic prevention. The article highlights the fact that Taiwan was the first country to warn the WHO in the early stages of the epidemic, however, due to pressure from the Chinese Communist Party, Taiwan was excluded from the WHO and its warnings were severely ignored. If Taiwan had been included from the beginning, the global response to the new crown outbreak would have been completely different.
This is an issue that matters to every person and his or her life around the world. This issue is not abstract, but concrete, so when we talk about it, when we ask our friends to help, they can easily have empathy,” said Chen Wenyi. Because the real enemy is the virus, then this is the area where there cannot be a gap.”
On the other hand, the Global Taiwan Medical and Health Association of Canada officially held its inaugural meeting on May 1, and its primary job is to promote Taiwan’s participation in the WHO, so President Chiu Li-lien will host the first session of the Global Taiwan WHO Epidemic Prevention Forum, which opens at 9:30 a.m. EST on May 7, with Taiwan’s representative office in the U.S. Mei-chin Hsiao and multinational medical experts attending to share Taiwan’s plight in participating in the WHO, the opportunity to participate in international health development, and the use of medical and scientific strengths to global multilateral health cooperation and other topics.
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