Another claims most Chinese Canadians support the new national security law being imposed on Hong Kong. While their origins are unclear, the statements are a glimpse of the rhetoric flaring in Canada around the controversial security law. Canada suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and will now treat sensitive goods being shipped to Hong Kong as though they were going to mainland China. Part of the statement compares the situation in Hong Kong to Canada’s October Crisis involving Quebec terrorists in the 1970s. Wong of Alliance Canada Hong Kong said the message comparing the situation to what Jewish people endured before the formation of Israel is particularly concerning and even racist.

Source: thestar July 23, 2020 20:37 UTC