Yuen Pau Woo

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.

Foreign influence commissioner could monitor an Alberta referendum on separation | CBC News Americans seeking to influence a possible Alberta referendum on separating from Canada could have to register as foreign agents, says Canada's new foreign influence watchdog.

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.

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Vietnam is on track to overtake Canada as a source of U.S. imports Asian country’s exports to U.S. soared 42 per cent in 2025

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.

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To read the letter: senatoryuenpauwoo.ca/en/media/pre...

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.

Crown corp. alerted minister's office about U.S. artillery ammunition sale connected to Israel | CBC News A Crown corporation alerted Canada's international trade minister about the sale of artillery ammunition to the U.S., some of which was destined for Israel, CBC News has learned.

More questions about Canadian complicity on Israel's genocide in Gaza. Time to take down the sign from the window.

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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！

Cuba: Canada's first foreign policy challenge after PM's Davos speech Given the long-standing relationship Canadians have had with Cuba and our own belief in fairness, when will Canada act on Prime Minister Carney’s words about dealing with economic intimidation no matt...

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@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?

Screenshot of a Tweet by Alex Tyrrell (@AlexTyrrellPVQ) that reads: Canada cannot stay silent while the United States escalates military aggression in Latin America and wages economic war on Cuba. These actions violate international law, undermine sovereignty, and threaten peace in our hemisphere — including our own independence. This parliamentary petition sponsored by Alexandre Boulerice calls on the Government of Canada to condemn U.S. aggressions, reject participation in sanctions and military interventions, support Cuba through trade and cooperation, and uphold the right of peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean to self-determination. If you believe Canada should stand for peace, sovereignty, and international law, add your name and share this petition. https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7082

Link to the petition: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Tweet by @alex-tyrrell.bsky.social

Althia Raj: Could Canada’s major political parties all agree on anything worse than this? The Liberals, Conservatives and New Democrats are attempting to grant themselves the right to do whatever they want with your personal information, without your knowledge or third-party oversight, Alt...

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.

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Ottawa faces calls to send oil and aid to Cuba amid fuel shortage Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand did not say whether Canada will speak out against Washington or send necessities amid the U.S. oil blockage

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.
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4/4 Non compliance could trigger criminal prosecution under the Foreign Interference and Security of Information Act, under which the maximum penalty for conviction is LIFE IMPRISONMENT.

Be careful what you wish for.

3/4 Curiously, the draft regulations seem to exempt “foreign-funded institutions or media outlets” from registration — leaving a gaping hole in capturing the most material sources of foreign interference.

FITAA Analysis - Am I a Foreign Agent? Do I need to register as a foreign agent under Canada's Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act FITAA? Use this tool to assess.

2/4 The criteria for registration is broad and vague. Check the self assessment tool below to see if you may need to register. courtready.ca/fitaa/

1/4 The Registry will be sure to disappoint those who see it as a way to smoke out spies and proxies. It will also stigmatize innocent Canadians who are tagged as spies and proxies precisely because they register, or even if they don’t.

The Foreign Influence Transparency Registry: Be Careful What You Wish For  - The Institute for Peace and Diplomacy - l’Institut pour la paix et la diplomatie The Honourable Senator Woo argues that the Foreign Influence Transparency Registry risks becoming an exercise in bureaucratic form-filling that may shed some light on foreign influence but will reveal...

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."
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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