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Yuen Pau Woo
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Independent Senator for British Columbia, Parliament of Canada
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"Canadians are not antisemitic, but they are appalled by what the Jewish State of Israel is doing", OFIP tells Senate Committee

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“Canadians are not antisemitic, but they are appalled by what the Jewish State of Israel is doing”, OFIP tells senate committee
OFIP was invited to appear before the Senate Standing Committe on Human Rights which is undertaking a study on the rise of antisemitism in Canada. We told the Senate that we think that fears over a…
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November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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NEW: Canadian authorities detained Richard Falk while he and his wife, Hilal Elver, were en route to a Palestine conference in Ottawa last week.

I sat down with professor Falk to discuss what happened and Canada's complicity in the genocide in Gaza.
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Canada Detained This Legal Scholar En Route To Palestine Conference
Richard Falk and Hilal Elver were detained for approximately three hours at Pearson airport.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Falk believes the interrogation is part of a global push to “punish those who endeavour to tell the truth about what is happening”. . . in Gaza. “It suggests a climate of governmental insecurity . . . to clamp down on dissident voices”

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Former UN rapporteur who investigated Israeli abuses interrogated in Canada
Falk, who is in Canada for Palestine Tribunal, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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“It's disappointing that Canada — after having acknowledged Palestinian statehood — would take such a hostile attitude toward a conference that really explained to a public . . . the nature of the objections to what Israel has been doing,”

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Prominent legal scholar detained at Canadian border while on his way to a conference on Palestine | CBC News
A well-known academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Last week, I spoke to @science-for-peace.bsky.social about the risks of “51st state” thinking in Canada-US relations and why Canada must navigate a changing multipolar world with clear eyes and strategic autonomy. #cdnpoli

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November 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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14% - 20% of Gaza's pre-October 7, 2023 population of 2.4 million may ultimately be killed as a result of Israel's military operations and the resulting health conditions without urgent intervention from Canada and its allies www.cjpme.org/toll_of_intent via @cjpme.org
The Toll of Intent: Looking at the Genocidal Impact of Israel's Assault on Gaza
This report synthesizes existing data to project that between 14% and 20% of Gaza's pre-October 7, 2023, population (approximately 341,000–480,800 Palestinians) could ultimately be killed as a result ...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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WATCH LIVE: Palestine Tribunal on Canadian Responsibility Holds a News Conference
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November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Thank you Senator Tony Dean for speaking to my motion. His remarks capture the devastating human toll of this conflict, and the urgency for Canada to act — to examine the risk of complicity and uphold our commitment to international humanitarian law.

#CdnPoli #SenCA #Gaza #Palestine
November 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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I was in China with Grand Chief Ed John of the Tl’azt’en Nation in BC to premier a documentary on the First Nations totem pole that was given to the Qiang people of Beichuan following the devastating earthquake of 2008.
November 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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En appui à la motion de mon collègue, le Sénateur Yuen Pau Woo, j’ai exhorté mes collègues au Sénat du Canada à ne pas rester indifférents face à la souffrance à Gaza. L’humanité doit toujours primer sur la politique.

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Mon allocution relative à la motion du sénateur Woo concernant la situation à Gaza - 8 octobre 2025
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October 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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In support of the motion introduced by my colleague, Senator Yuen Pau Woo Pau Woo, I urged my colleagues in the Senate of Canada not to remain indifferent to the suffering in Gaza. Humanity must always come before politics.

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My statement on Senator Woo’s motion regarding the situation in Gaza – October 8, 2025
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October 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Je remercie la sénatrice @amy61.bsky.social pour ses paroles courageuses et pour son intervention en faveur de ma motion. Son appel à la clarté morale et à l’action nous rappelle que nous ne pouvons pas rester silencieux.

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November 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Thinking clearly about the EV-Canola tariff tradeoff. My OpEd with Dr Bo Chen of the East Asia Institute at the National University of Singapore and @sfu.ca Beedie School of Business: www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Thinking clearly about the EV-canola tradeoff
Our auto industry leaders are still clinging on to solutions that are premised on American priorities, including the exclusion of all Chinese EVs from the Canadian market.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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➡️ I support this motion.
➡️ I hope we can ensure Canada rigorously investigates, confronts, and safeguards its obligations to justice and human dignity.
➡️ I invite you to listen to both mine and Senator Woo’s speeches in full, and to engage, question, share. 3/3
October 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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This motion isn’t abstract or theoretical. It’s a call for accountability. It’s a call for transparency. It’s a call for Canada to live up to its responsibilities on the world stage. 2/3
October 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Senator Woo’s motion calls on the Government of Canada to examine and report, within 3 months, “the risk of Canada’s complicity in violations of international law (including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide).” 1/3

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Full Speech in Support of Senator Woo's Motion on Gaza
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October 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Thank you Senator Pate for speaking to my motion and reminding us of the cost of silence. Canada must face the reality in Gaza and uphold human rights. @kpateonthehill.bsky.social

To watch her full speech: youtu.be/3_0q3H3ra34?...

#CdnPoli #SenCA #Canada #Gaza #Palestine #HumanRights
October 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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On Oct 24, the Lonely Hearts Club met to discuss a possible reset in Canada-China relations. A reset is needed, but will only succeed if we resist the tropes & traps that have held back the relationship since 2019.

See my opening remarks: senatoryuenpauwoo.ca/en/domestic-...
Opening Remarks at the Symposium on China-Canada Relations | Senator Yuen Pau Woo
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October 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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I recently met with James Elder from @unicef.org who is in Ottawa to inform Canadians about urgent humanitarian and educational needs in Gaza, amid a precarious ceasefire. Canada did not do enough to prevent atrocities. For a time, we even stopped funding to @unrwa.org. Will we step up now?
October 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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"The most important determinant for the future of Canada-ASEAN relations is not what we say or do on ASEAN; it is what we do with Washington DC." – my closing remarks at a symposium organized by YCAR, @asiapacificfdn.bsky.social & ASEAN HOM in Ottawa

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Poster for the event “Intensifying Canada–ASEAN Economic Relations in the Face of Tariff Disruptions.” Organized by the Canada–ASEAN Initiatives, York Center for Asian Research, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, ASEAN Committee in Ottawa, and Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa. The poster invites senior government officials, business leaders, academics, and ASEAN ambassadors to a dialogue on strengthening Canada–ASEAN trade and economic collaboration. Event details: Tuesday, October 21, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa. A photo of a crowded trade fair appears in the center. Logos of ASEAN, York University, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, and Telfer are displayed. Senator Yuen Pau Woo stands at a clear podium with the Telfer School of Management logo and slogan “Business for a Better Canada.” He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and yellow tie, speaking into a microphone with a hand slightly raised. Black curtains hang in the background.
October 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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I spoke with No Power Panel about my motion calling on the gov. to examine Canada’s potential complicity in violations of intl. humanitarian law in Gaza. We must confront uncomfortable truths and push for justice.
📺 Watch here: youtu.be/wZDalUvf0lU
#cdnpoli #Gaza #SenCA
International Failure: Senator Calls Out Canada's Complicity in Gaza
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October 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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The question of complicity in war crimes is not just for those individuals; it also implicates the Government of Canada for not enforcing the law against recruitment on behalf of a foreign military.
October 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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It took Canada over a decade to acknowledge and apologize for its inaction on the Rwandan genocide. Will it take as long again on Palestine?

Full speech: senatoryuenpauwoo.ca/en/parliamen...
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October 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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AKA "complicity"

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Are charities getting tax breaks for funding illegal West Bank settlements? | Full episode
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October 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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In the face of mounting evidence and multiple warnings from the International Court of Justice, Canada continued to defend Israel’s actions in Gaza. The world was told to prevent genocide. What did Canada do?

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#cdnpoli #SenCA #Gaza #genocide
October 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM