Canada passes anti-organ trafficking bill and pro-Tibet motion


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Demonstrators rally against alleged organ harvesting in China outside West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.BLAIR GABLE/Reuters MPs passed legislation Wednesday that would block foreigners from entering Canada if they were involved in organ trafficking – an accusation levelled at China by United Nations experts in 2021 – and adopted a motion urging Beijing to grant Tibet more autonomy. The measures, taken as the House of Commons wrapped up its last sitting day of the year, echo the tougher line the Canadian government has recently assumed on China. Last month, the government called China an “increasingly disruptive” power in its...