Let’s hope that the former governor general recommends a public inquiry into Beijing’s efforts to undermine our democracy
the successful effort to have the House of Commons condemn the Chinese government for its genocidal treatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities.
Eddie Goldenberg was a senior adviser to then-prime minister Jean Chrétien, who led the effort in the 1990s to deepen ties between Canada and China. In a recent issue of Policy Magazine, Mr. Goldenbergthat “resolutions in parliaments, trade or other sanctions, or denunciations by western governments alone simply do not work and are often counterproductive.” They ignore the complexity of Chinese history and the economic power of China today, he observed.
However, other analysts said that China would seek to avoid a trade war. “I think they’re hoping this goes away,” Professor Gordon Houlden, director emeritus of the University of Alberta’s China Institute,A properly conducted public inquiry could help rather than hinder Sino-Canadian relations.
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