Sunday, February 8, 2026
ADVT 
National

Canada suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 03 Jul, 2020 05:01 PM
  • Canada suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong

Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada is suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong as part of a package of responses to the new security law China has imposed on the territory.

In a statement, Champagne says Canada will also treat sensitive goods being exported to Hong Kong as if they were being sent to mainland China.

That means outright banning some military-related goods from being traded there.

China imposed strict new controls on Hong Kong this week, in what Champagne calls a violation of the "one country, two systems" philosophy that was supposed to last 50 years after Britain returned Hong Kong to China in 1997.

Champagne's statement says Hong Kong's place in the global economy was based on that promise and needs to be reassessed.

Canada's moves follow measures taken by the United States earlier this week to tighten trade with Hong Kong and stop selling it military equipment.

MORE National ARTICLES

Federal economics and fiscal 'snapshot' coming July 8: Trudeau

Federal economics and fiscal 'snapshot' coming July 8: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising to deliver a "snapshot" of the federal government's finances in the House of Commons July 8.

Federal economics and fiscal 'snapshot' coming July 8: Trudeau

Canada will stay engaged regardless of UN Security Council outcome: Trudeau

Canada will stay engaged regardless of UN Security Council outcome: Trudeau
Even if Canada loses its bid for a United Nations Security Council seat, it will continue its international efforts to fight against climate change, economic inequity and preserving the world's increasingly fragile institutions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday.

Canada will stay engaged regardless of UN Security Council outcome: Trudeau

National parks to open campgrounds for existing reservations next week

National parks to open campgrounds for existing reservations next week
The federal environment minister says Canadians who have campground reservations in some national parks will be allowed to pitch their tents and pull in their trailers starting next week.

National parks to open campgrounds for existing reservations next week

Canada buying 140,000 blood tests to begin immunity testing of COVID-19

Canada buying 140,000 blood tests to begin immunity testing of COVID-19
Blood samples collected from tens of thousands of Canadians will soon be tested for signs of COVID-19 antibodies as the federal government seeks to learn how many people have already contracted the novel coronavirus.

Canada buying 140,000 blood tests to begin immunity testing of COVID-19

Many arrests as Vancouver police enforce injunction against homeless camp

Many arrests as Vancouver police enforce injunction against homeless camp
Police have made dozens of arrests after they say 46 people refused to obey a court injunction and leave a tent encampment on Vancouver's waterfront.

Many arrests as Vancouver police enforce injunction against homeless camp

Mayor wants changes to prison-transfer system after alleged murder by escapees

Mayor wants changes to prison-transfer system after alleged murder by escapees
The mayor of a Vancouver Island community where two inmates are accused of murdering a man after they escaped from a minimum-security prison says they never should have been there in the first place.

Mayor wants changes to prison-transfer system after alleged murder by escapees