Canada’s Engagement with East Asia /

The parliamentary privilege of the House of Commons to control the publication and broadcast of the proceedings of the House of Commons and its Committees is nonetheless reserved. [...] While China is the catalyst for much of the change occurring in the region, the Committee was cautioned throughout the study against equating China with East Asia and was often reminded of the region’s dynamism and diversity during its travels. [...] Ferry de Kerckhove, Fellow and Lecturer with the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, saw the economic crisis of 2008 as a turning point in this regard: 5 … 2008 had many countries in the world starting to look askance at the western version of the capitalist model and its so-called Adam Smith mantra of the invisible hand. [...] Some interlocutors with which the Committee met in East Asia spoke of a regional ideological struggle in East Asia, anchored on either side by China and the U. S., which is influencing the broader power dynamics in the region 1. The Rise of China The single largest contributing factor to the rapid change and uncertainty being experienced in East Asia is the remarkable economic rise of China. [...] It has negative and very little support for multilateral institutions in the region.26 That the U. S. is voluntarily shifting away from some of its own longstanding policies, such as the promotion of liberalized trade and the protection of human rights, at the same time that China is challenging American supremacy further increases uncertainty over the future role of the U. S. in the region as wel