The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) includes Irwin Cotler, a former attorney general of Canada, Liberal MP John McKay, Conservative MP Garnett Genuis, and notable lawmakers from eight countries and the European Parliament. “We need collective engagement and collective action around the challenge to human rights and to the international rules-based order that is being presented by the Chinese government,” Genuis told the Star. The group said it wants to push for policy changes in five areas: safeguarding the international rules-based order, protecting human rights, trade fairness, strengthening security and protecting national integrity. Genuis said he expects more legislators to join the alliance, including in Canada, and the alliance is meant to work across party lines. Rubio said the nature of the challenge China’s moves on an international state present requires a co-ordination response from countries around the world.

Source: thestar June 04, 2020 23:01 UTC