‘No Justification’: Defence Minister Anand on China’s ‘Aggressive’ Military Drills in Taiwan Strait

Defence Minister Anita Anand speaks during an announcement at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in Trenton, Ont., on June 20, 2022. The Canadian Press/Lars Hagberg

Defence Minister Anita Anand says China has no ground to launch live fire exercises off Taiwan’s coast in response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-ruled island on Aug. 2–3.

“There is no justification to use a visit as a pretext for aggressive military activity in the Taiwan Strait,” Anand said in an interview with CBC Radio’s The House, reported on Aug. 6.