New Brunswick Minister Says Province Cutting Ties With Accredited Schools in China, Citing Concerns With Beijing Regime
With Beijing’s Confucius Institutes removed from New Brunswick’s public schools, the province is now cutting ties with its accredited schools in China that do not teach Canadian values, says Dominic Cardy, the province’s education minister.
“I have a serious problem with supporting schools operated by or influenced by the government in Beijing for all the reasons that I hope would be obvious to anyone who comes from a small ‘l’ liberal democratic country,” Cardy told The Epoch Times.
“Supporting the regime in Beijing is the last thing that anyone in a democracy should be doing right now.”
Cardy announced on Oct. 13 that he is resigning from his position. The Epoch Times spoke to Cardy before his resignation, while he was still the minister….