Canada-China Relations committee  I agree with Howard. I would add that in fact that's why we need a strong WTO. The problem with China is that they are expert at using non-tariff barriers, and by this I mean, for instance, phytosanitary reasons. I had to get involved many times to resolve issues related to bla

Canada-China Relations committee  In fact, there has been a lot of collaboration on this. It started when I was ambassador. The RCMP liaison officer was very active on this. Every time we had the chance, we impressed on the Chinese that they had to regulate the laboratories and stop the export of fentanyl. In fac

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Bergeron. First of all, with regard to your first question, I think we need to adopt a much stronger language with China. As soon as we discover a case of interference in Canadian affairs, we have to react. However, there is a difference between

Canada-China Relations committee  Well, with all due respect to Mr. Manthorpe, he is wrong on this, because I was closely involved in all of these discussions. Again, we were very clear with the Chinese. We agreed to discuss an extradition treaty, and again, it was in a way to try to make them improve the way the

Canada-China Relations committee  There was no quid pro quo, in my view. I think it was very clear. We had many discussions with the Chinese, and we always outlined the view of Canadians that they saw the arrest of Kevin and Julia Garratt as outrageous and that this had to be resolved before the relationship coul

Canada-China Relations committee  Well, it started in a similar fashion, inasmuch as we had received a request from the U.S. to extradite Mr. Su Bin, who was a Chinese person living in Vancouver and who was wanted for spying activities. A week later, unfortunately, Kevin and Julia Garratt were arrested. We went t

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you for the invitation, Mr. Chair. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am a career diplomat, having spent 39 years with Global Affairs Canada, including 13 years in China: 2 years in Hong Kong and 11 years in Beijing. I was an ambassador for the last four years of that