Colin Robertson, a fellow and vice-president at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, told Global News on Sunday that both Kovrig and Spavor were pawns “in a bigger geopolitical confrontation” between the world’s two superpowers.
Kovrig and Spavor were both detained in 2018 in what is widely believed to be retaliation for Canada’s arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in B.C. on extradition charges to the United States.‘A great little adventure buddy’: Canmore’s ‘Gary the Cat’ skis, hikes and paddles with ownerRobertson says that he expects to see is a repeat of Friday’s trial on Monday, and that even though both cases “are different,” they would most likely be handled in the same fashion.
In either case, McCuaig-Johnston said that she expects both Kovrig and Spavor to be found “100 per cent” guilty by the Chinese Communist Party . McCuaig-Johnston’s sentiments were also shared by Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc, who spoke withDuring the interview, LeBlanc criticized the Chinese government’s judicial process, saying that such a trial “doesn’t meet the basic standard of fairness, of respect for the rule of law.”
that doesn't take the Canadian government off the hook
Trudeau use wrong politics and this is what happens
This is correct. I said it right away: Ottawa arresting that Chinese business exec was an example of extreme stupidity.
unfortunately