On April 20, 2009, Dr. Wenran Jiang, Mactaggart Research Chair at the China Institute and Associate Professor of Political Science, wrote an Op-ed piece in Ottawa Citizen, commenting on Canadian International Trade Minister Stockwell Day's recent trip to China.
Dr. Jiang argues that Canada must work actively to re-establish the strategic partnership that the two countries announced in 2005. Moreover, Canada's long-term China policy goal is to design a series of programs that not only serve Canadian interests but also assist reform-oriented forces in the Chinese society and within the Chinese government to move China toward more openness, more transparency and more respect for human rights.
You can read the article here. This op-ed also appears in the Edmonton Journal and Montreal Gazette.