Liberal Cabinet’s Abstention From Vote on Uyghur Motion Doesn’t Bode Well for Upcoming China Policy: Tory Deputy Leader

Liberal Cabinet’s Abstention From Vote on Uyghur Motion Doesn’t Bode Well for Upcoming China Policy: Tory Deputy Leader
Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman speaks during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 19, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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The Liberal cabinet’s abstention from voting on a motion related to persecuted Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities is not a good sign for those expecting a stronger China policy in the government’s upcoming Indo-Pacific strategy, said Conservative Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman.

“We want to see a government that actually has a policy on China,” Lantsman told The Epoch Times in an interview.