Bernard Généreux at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On January 27th, 2022. See this statement in context.

January 27th, 2022 / 7:15 p.m.

Conservative

Bernard Généreux Conservative Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, QC

Mr. Chair, I have a question for Ms. Henderson.

Yesterday, we heard from Guy Saint -Jacques, a former Canadian ambassador to China. He said that China seems to be increasingly using trade as a form of political weapon. Those are my words. The most recent example, of course, is the arrest of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor and then the exchange involving Ms. Wanzhou.

Are you concerned about a future where the security and freedom of Canadians abroad are threatened if Canada doesn't agree to everything that China asks for or tries to buy from Canadians?

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