Security experts at a Vancouver summit held up Taiwan as a model for resisting Chinese pressure and fighting disinformation, framing it as good news for Canada's push to strengthen alliances and supply chains.

• Canada released its first national security strategy in over two decades, focused on economic security, defense spending, and intelligence.
• Experts at the summit said Taiwan has built strong skills in fighting disinformation, cyberattacks, and foreign interference, calling it a model Canada should learn from.
• Taiwan's representative said China is using pressure tactics short of open conflict — military harassment, interference in democracies, and economic pressure on Taiwan's allies — and that Canada faces similar pressure from China over trade.
• Former Canadian security advisers said Taiwan is critical to global supply chains and AI, and argued Canada should keep sending warships through the Taiwan Strait and deepen military and trade ties with Taiwan regardless of its trade relationship with China.

Outlook: Canada is expected to keep building security and trade ties with Taiwan, including pushing to finalize a long-delayed trade agreement, even as it balances its own economic relationship with China.