“While I understand foreign policy is the art of managing double standards, these double standards become more and more jarring as the circumstances appear more and more clear,” says Sen. Woo of the legality of the wars in Iran and Lebanon. www.hilltimes.com?p=499655

Awaiting the response from @globalaffairs.canada.ca @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...

The government has yet to clearly state whether the U.S.-Israeli aggression against Iran and Lebanon is legal under international law. My thoughts in @hilltimes.com:

Congratulations to the 全加陈潁川總堂 on your 108th anniversary. A special shout out to Chairman 陈永权 and Glynnis 陈开心 for your dedication to the association over many many years and for inviting me to this special occasion.

AI is rapidly restructuring and displacing millions of jobs globally, including half of Canadian payroll. The defining political and economic question of our time is: How can the AI dividend help raise the economic floor for everyone, not just concentrating wealth for a narrow set of shareholders?

« Il faut envisager que l’Iran n’est qu’un chapitre dans un plan à beaucoup plus long terme. » “We have to consider that Iran is just one chapter in a much longer-term plan.” — Prof. Pierre Pahlavi (Canadian Forces College) in response to my question at Senate foreign affairs

“Concerns over reliance on Chinese renewable technology are overstated, as solar panels and wind turbines, once installed, generate energy for decades . . . . The strategic response is faster deployment, not hesitation dressed up in the language of security”. @globalaffairs.canada.ca

How might Israel emerge from this war, and what does it mean for the region and Palestine? At the Senate committee on foreign affairs, I asked @dhorak.bsky.social to assess the broader implications.

Tings Chak & I from Tricontinental write in the April issue of the journal Monthly Review on "The Idea of the 'Uyghur Genocide' and the Realities of Xinjiang". We end with a consideration of the need for politics in debates around ethnicity. See our essay here, monthlyreview.org/articles/the....

A “Jimmy Lai” story that has been ignored in Canada. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

How has the war affected public attitudes in Gulf countries? At last week’s Senate committee meeting on foreign affairs, I asked @globalaffairs.canada.ca how people in Gulf states are reacting to a conflict they didn’t start but are now impacted by.

Western countries who want to rebuild an open, fair and rules-based international must extend their engagement beyond only 'like-minded' partners, writes our editorial board.

Does Canada support regime change in Iran? If so, does that extend to outcomes achieved through force? I pressed @globalaffairs.canada.ca officials at the Senate foreign affairs committee for a clear answer. 👇

Is the US/Israel war on Iran illegal? Last week, at the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, I asked @globalaffairs.canada.ca to clarify the legal basis for the use of force. #cdnpoli

Thank you @pitasanna.bsky.social and @juristnews.bsky.social for a great conversation on C-12, C-9, double standards in Canadian foreign policy, Iran, Gaza, the role of the Senate and much more. www.jurist.org/features/202...

Last Friday, I joined with 200+ professionals, skilled workers, students, community workers, caregivers ++ who gathered on Parliament Hill to protest the unreasonable IRCC delays in processing their citizenship applications — amounting to as much as 90 months!

Read my op-ed in the @vancouversun.bsky.social: vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

A U.S. think tank claims 575 organizations in Canada are tied to the CCP’s United Front system, without offering any meaningful evidence. Sweeping allegations like this risk casting suspicion on all Chinese-Canadian organizations and discouraging participation in Canada’s democracy.

However odious the regime in Tehran, war is not the solution – especially not an illegal war that targets civilians, including the 160+ schoolgirls killed by a precision bomb in Minab. We must be consistent in our condemnation of illegal wars – in Ukraine as in Iran.

I would welcome @jennykwan.bsky.social's bill to be debated in the Senate. It is an important step towards taking the sign from the window.

A recent report by @thejamestownfdn.bsky.social claims that hundreds of Chinese Canadian organizations are linked to the CCP’s United Front system—based on little more than cultural or community activities. 1/3

Oh for such leadership in Canada. Statement by the President of Spain, Pedro Sánchez: www.lamoncloa.gob.es/presidente/i...

The sign is back in the window. Actually, it was never taken down.

Foreign Interference Alert: US Think Tank spreads disinformation, amplified by witting or unwitting Canadian agents, including current and former politicians, officials and minor academics. @csiscanada @NSICOPCanada @nsiracanada static1.squarespace.com/static/686a94d…

Don't be fooled by Senator Moreau's misdirection. My question is whether the government knew that @generaldynamics.bsky.social sold propellant for US-made howitzers that were subsequently provided to 🇮🇱 in 2024/25. The question still stands. Same goes for the Canadian Commercial Corporation.

Non-state actors, including “foreign funded media and organizations” won’t have to register, which means the registry will not capture the most serious forms of foreign interference in Canada today. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Not only that, but the U.S. is also Vietnam’s top export market, not China. If Vietnam can successfully avoid over-dependence on its giant neighbour, why can’t Canada? A message for continental determinists. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

I wrote to the Canadian Commercial Corporation seeking transparency on its Human Rights Assessment of indirect transfers of Canadian military equipment to 🇮🇱 via 🇺🇸, as reported by CBC News & @alex.readthemaple.com. If there’s no complicity risk, say so. If there is, Canadians deserve to know.

More questions about Canadian complicity on Israel's genocide in Gaza. Time to take down the sign from the window. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Celebrating the sixth day of the Lunar New Year at Sun Yat Sen Chinese Garden, on the Garden’s 40th anniversary, and just before the #vancouver Chinatown New Year parade. 初六送穷神！

@globalaffairs.canada.ca refused to meet @franceskalbs.bsky.social when she visited Ottawa in 2025, accusing her of being an antisemite. An apology is long overdue. Are we taking the sign down from the window or what?

Link to the petition: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... Tweet by @alex-tyrrell.bsky.social

Non partisan senators are raising the alarm — indeed they are the only ones left in Parliament to point to risks which MPs have glossed over. For example, a malicious actor could form a political party and use or even sell voter data without oversight. www.thestar.com/politics/pol...

PM Carney: “It means acting consistently, applying the same standards to allies and rivals. When middle powers criticize economic intimidation from one direction but stay silent when it comes from another, we are keeping the sign in the window.” Quitar el cartel de la ventana. tinyurl.com/3m24zuew

Happy Year of the Horse! Here is the bronze head that was looted from the Summer Palace in Beijing by the British in 1860 and brought back to China through a public auction — for C$9m. 新年快乐，恭喜发财，马年吉祥！CHÚC MỪNG NĂM MỚI!

At the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, I asked @globalaffairs.canada.ca what Canada is doing to prevent the deregistration of NGOs in Gaza & the West Bank and whether sanctions are being considered. With a worsening humanitarian crisis, statements alone are not enough. #cdnpoli

My heart is with the people of Tumbler Ridge. I offer deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones and wishes for a speedy recovery to those injured. Thank you to the first responders, health workers & community leaders showing clarity, dignity and care.

In Senate committee last week, I pressed @globalaffairs.canada.ca: What is Canada doing to help avert the impending humanitarian crisis in Cuba that has been precipitated by U.S. economic coercion against Havana?

Canadians don’t stop being Canadian when they live abroad. 🌎 Over 4M live outside the country – our “Province of Canada in the World” – and they are an underused asset, not a liability. My motion calls for a national strategy to engage Canadians Abroad: senatoryuenpauwoo.ca/en/parliamen... #cdnpoli

See below for @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social’s reply to our letter on the impending de-registration of 36 humanitarian organizations working in Palestine, including a dozen Canadian NGOs. ➡️ senatoryuenpauwoo.ca/en/media/pre...

My latest op-ed: Canada's new FITR "risks becoming an exercise in bureaucratic form-filling that may shed some light on foreign influence but will reveal very little about foreign interference." peacediplomacy.org/2026/02/04/t...

Agreed. Time for Canada to jettison “Indo-Pacific” nomenclature and craft a strategy for engagement with Asian countries that is not premised on US strategic objectives and American primacy.

To read the article: www.jpost.com/middle-east/...

I can understand how difficult it is to contemplate the idea that the modern state representing a Semitic people who suffered so much at the hands of the Nazis could inflict such horror on another Semitic people. To watch or read my full speech: senatoryuenpauwoo.ca/en/parliamen... #NeverAgain