Hong Kong Watch Canada’s launch of its Red Capital report and a briefing on Canadian pension funds that are invested in Chinese companies complicit in human rights abuse. The event will take place online at 10am EST/3pm GMT on 10 June 2021.  It will also mark 12 June anniversary, the second anniversary of the 2019 anti-Extradition Bill protest movement in Hong Kong.

The event will include:

·       A briefing from Hong Kong Watch’s Policy Director, Johnny Patterson, on our latest report detailing the role ‘Red Capital’ and economic coercion has played in the demise of Hong Kong’s autonomy; (link to report)

·       A briefing by Hong Kong student activist and Hong Kong Watch Associate Joey Siu, on new research that shows a number of Canadian public pension funds are invested in Chinese companies complicit in human rights abuse and linked to the People’s Liberation Army.

·       Remarks by Senator Leo Housakos, who is the former Speaker of the Senate and a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade and Chair of the Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament;

·       Remarks by John McKay MP, who is the current Member of Parliament for Scarborough—Guildwood, the former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Defence, and the current Chair of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

If you are interested in attending the webinar, please register.

For those who cannot make the date, we will be recording the event and uploading it online.

We look forward to seeing you there.