With mounting human rights concerns, should Canada boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics?


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[With mounting human rights concerns, should Canada boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics?] CALGARY — As the world says goodbye to the Tokyo Olympics, all eyes are now on Beijing 2022 as the games are just six months away. But topping COVID-19 concerns are discussions about boycotting the games over human rights concerns. Since 2017, China has been under international fire for the genocide of the Uyghur Muslim minority. Protests across the globe call for countries to boycott the games, and just last February, some lawmakers urged Canada to ask the Olympic Committee to move the games if the Chinese...