COP15: Canada, China jointly host UN biodiversity talks amid rising political tensions
Saint-Jacques said China should be grateful that “Canada came to its rescue” when the country couldn’t host the biodiversity summit. But he said China has a tendency to push Canada around.
Saint-Jacques said China probably won’t want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to attend the conference, since Chinese President Xi Jinping won’t be there. Xi would have attended if the summit had taken place on his home turf, and he did give a speech at the virtual event a year ago.Did alleged foreign interference impact election results? Trudeau says ‘no’
No other world leaders are expected. China only invited environment ministers, a move some nature groups say is designed to underplay the importance of the meeting. “It’s a challenge, because what you want is leaders to come and say we need to get a deal and say that clearly to their negotiators,” she said.
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