Senator Yuen Pau Woo

Honourable senators, before I begin, I would like to take a moment to acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabe people. I am pleased to open the third reading debate on Bill S-6, an Act respecting regulatory modernization. The bill has returned to the Senate following pre-study by seven committees, consisting of over 21 hours of testimony from 48 witnesses, the summaries of which were provided to the Se…

Derek Burney’s blistering attack on my recent speech in the Senate reveals more about the toxic nature of debates on China, than it does about what I said. He is entitled to disagree with my vote against the motion labelling the treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang a genocide and moving the Olympics away from China. What is unacceptable is his distortion of my speech and the use of a xenophobic trope. Burney is right that I compared Canada’s history of residential…

Senator Woo was an invited speaker at the 17th Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity held in Jeju Island, South Korea, 15-16 Sep 2022.  The title of his speech was ‘What is an Indo-Pacific Strategy for?’ It is an honour to attend this year’s Jeju Forum.  I would like to thank the Jeju Peace Institute and the Knowledge Partnership Program of the University of British Columbia for organizing this panel on Indo-Pacific Strategies and inviting me to be part of it. I am speakin…