Canadian MPs back Taiwan's participation in the UN

Sep 28, 2026

Two Canadian lawmakers from opposing parties publicly praised Taiwan's education and tech strengths and called for its inclusion in UN bodies — a small diplomatic win for Taipei during this year's General Assembly.

  • Liberal MP Wade Chang and Conservative MP Chak Au, speaking at a Teachers' Day event in Vancouver honoring overseas Taiwanese-school teachers, said international organizations should invite Taiwan to take part.
  • Chang pointed to Canada's repeated support for Taiwan joining professional and technical bodies, saying many UN agencies handle education and culture and should welcome Taiwanese expertise.
  • Au tied the case to hard economics: Taiwanese firms supply almost all the chips, cooling systems, and servers behind the global AI computing boom, which he called proof of deep technical education.
  • Taiwan's Vancouver office pushed the same argument in a Canadian newspaper op-ed, arguing this year's "delivers for all" assembly theme rings hollow without Taiwan at the table.
  • Taipei is asking for observer status and access to meetings on science, education, aviation, health, and climate — fields it frames as non-political and wrongly blocked by China-driven politics.

Outlook: Taiwan remains shut out of the UN, but allied support keeps building through symbolic gestures like warship transits of the Taiwan Strait rather than any change in its formal status.

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