Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, detained in China almost three years, now on plane home. Chinese tech executive Meng Wangzhou left Canada earlier Friday evening.
Puts this in an interesting light. I think this is very true and one of the things that bothers me about wanting to draw lines in the sand re: China. Not a fan of the CCP at all but hard to see...
The leaders are asked what they would do about Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, Canadian detainees in China.
Singh says more pressure needs to be put on China.
That’s exactly what Canada is doing, Trudeau responds, noting he has gotten help from the U.S. and other allies to work on the release of the two men, who have come to be known as Two Michaels.
O’Toole says Trudeau has “let the Michaels down.”
He notes that Trudeau “didn’t show up for a vote on the Uyghur genocide.”
Trudeau responds: “If you want to get the Michaels out, you don’t lob tomatoes across the ocean.”
I think this is very true and one of the things that bothers me about wanting to draw lines in the sand re: China. Not a fan of the CCP at all but hard to see how harsher rhetoric from the Canadian government would have a) accomplished anything and b) expedited the Michaels release.
I mean that’s exactly what they are trying to say here — to make it very clear to other countries they will retaliate tit for tat.
IKR? It's almost farcical how fast they released them once Meng went free.
Puts this in an interesting light.
I think this is very true and one of the things that bothers me about wanting to draw lines in the sand re: China. Not a fan of the CCP at all but hard to see how harsher rhetoric from the Canadian government would have a) accomplished anything and b) expedited the Michaels release.