The Special Commons Committee on Canada-China Relations went ahead today without the presence of its most-anticipated witness: former Trudeau government cabinet minister and ambassador to China John McCallum.
Former ambassadors Howard Balloch and George St-Jacques both attended in person.
Balloch seconded St-Jacques's assessment: "The one thing that China respects is firmness. They don't respect weakness." He also seemed to criticize the Trudeau government's handling of the canola file: "Giving in when they're using leverage like that is the wrong response.""If you just adopt a laissez-faire attitude, if you let them walk over you, you end up as roadkill."
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