The Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement signed an open letter and to stand with members of the Canadian Coalition on Human Rights in China.

"We wish to express our deep concern regarding Prime Minister Carney’s forthcoming visit to China," a statement reads

At a time of escalating human rights abuses and transnational repression, we believe it is imperative that Canada’s highest political leadership place human rights at the forefront of all high-level engagement with the Chinese government.

Canadian PM Mark Carney is on a state visit in China. Back in April, Mr. Carney said China is the largest threats with respect to foreign interference in Canada and is an emerging threat in the Arctic.

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[–] Threeskittiesinatrenchcoat@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

This kind of thing is only effective if it's universal and I would support it on those grounds. But if we're going to pick and choose who we decide to lecture on human rights records based on politics, it's a pointless exercise. Like standing on a dead horse and calling it the moral high ground.

Our government condemning China while supplying support to Israel is just hypocritical, and would hurt our credibility.

[–] Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

What an absurdly weird whataboutism. As if one crime would justify another.

[–] Threeskittiesinatrenchcoat@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

This kind of thing is only effective if it’s universal and I would support it on those grounds

It's not a whataboutism, it's hypocrisy. At no point do I justify the actions of China or Israel, just stating the fact that harping at one while ignoring the other is hypocrisy.