‘Unacceptable’ for Federal Agency to Insist Taiwanese Scholar State Nationality as Chinese Province: Tory MP

‘Unacceptable’ for Federal Agency to Insist Taiwanese Scholar State Nationality as Chinese Province: Tory MP
Conservative MP Michael Cooper at a press conference on Feb. 26, 2021. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has repeatedly denied a Taiwanese Canadian the right to specify her nationality unless she accepts that the self-governing democracy is part of communist China, according to Conservative MP Michael Cooper.

In a letter to CIHR president Michael Strong, Cooper said the Taiwanese Canadian scholar, whom he doesn’t name, must indicate “Taiwan, Province of China” when specifying her nationality in all applications to the federal research investment agency.