[Huntingwhale]

While it's nice the Canadian Government has updated their travel site to warn about visit China, they need to go beyond simply posting on the travel site and take action; start restricting visas of all kind to Canada for applicants from China. Severely restrict the number of visitor, student and business visas being issued.

Canada has never had a problem restricting visas for many eastern European countries and African countries, which makes it very difficult for those citizens to visit. There are only ~50 countries which are allowed non-visa entry to Canada due to stringent policies those countries must adhere to, including human rights (which has been clear as day for a while that China does not adhere to). It's actually an ordeal to get a visa to Canada from certain countries if you are not on the visa-free list, or live in a country that has more lax visa requirement. Certain countries in the past such as Belarus were at one time appointed easy visa entry to Canada, but due to the blatant corruption in their country it was revoked after a couple months.

Although China doesn't fit the criteria for non-visa entry, it's still easy for them to obtain a visa to Canada as their requirement are much more lax. They can go to any visa center in China, apply and easily obtain a 5-10 year multiple entry permit. Meanwhile I can't even get a visitor visa for my Ukrainian in-laws to have a simple 2 week visit after multiple attempts and Ukraine is nowhere near the national threat that China currently is.

It's time to change the rules on that and severely restrict visas issued for China. I'm not a Trudeau hater but I can't stand his weak-ass stance on China right now, while the majority of the country is screaming for action. Restricting issued visas, which Canada already does for many countries, is a good start.