Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland can run, but they can’t hide from John McCallum’s unwanted ramblings.
Canada’s former ambassador to China is one of theirs. He’s a long-time Liberal. When he tells a newspaper he’s told contacts in China to be nicer to Trudeau – because the Conservatives will be tougher on them – it’s easy to see how some might construe that as an invitation for another country to attempt to sway Canada’s upcoming federal election.
McCallum reportedly told the South China Morning Post recently that: “Anything that’s more negative against Canada will help the Conservatives, (who are) much less friendly to China than the Liberals.”
The Conservative Party has asked CSIS to investigate.
Conservative deputy leader Lisa Raitt called the comments, “highly inappropriate,” especially since the Chinese government, “continues to detain two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor and has taken other hostile actions towards Canada,” she said in a letter to CSIS.
McCallum’s comments are outrageous. Two innocent Canadians have been hijacked in a hissy fit by the Chinese government.
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See Also:
(1) Trudeau government worsens China crisis
(2) New drunk driving law causes confusion
(3) Detention of Canadian in China likely unrelated to arrests of foreign teachers, students
(5) Why all these ‘national strategies’ in our supposed federation?
