Canadian MPs back Taiwan's participation in the UN
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.