Blocking China’s takeover of Aecon was Trudeau’s only defensible option
Opinion: Until now the Trudeau government was unique among G7 countries in its pliant attitude to Beijing’s ruthlessly expansionist state-corporate ambitions
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Canada’s media is in thrall to China
A new study of three major Canadian newspapers finds their coverage bolsters Chinese economic interests while glossing over its human rights problems.
Donald Trump’s diplomatic treason
Scott Gilmore: From Russia to the TPP and now Iran, Trump’s foreign policy moves have hurt U.S. influence in return for no benefit. It is beyond bad.
I found an SOS note from China in a box of decorations—and it changed how I live
Opinion: In Oregon, among Halloween decorations, Julie Keith found a cry for help from a Chinese labour camp. Years later, it’s changed how she shops and parents
Parliament’s secret briefing from CSIS: beware of Russian spies
In prepared remarks, the head of CSIS in 2016 warned of activities by Russian and Chinese operatives and how politicians should counter them
Why sudden NAFTA progress is thanks to the U.S.-China trade war
America doesn’t have the resources to fight China and its North American friends on trade at the same time. Something has to give.
Will Trump outsmart us all with his trade war gamble?
Opinion: As threats of a trade war heat up, President Trump may be playing a very canny game
China is a bigger threat than Russia—but you won’t hear Trudeau say it
Terry Glavin: Trudeau is quick with harsh words for Putin, but when it comes to clear cases of Chinese meddling in Canada why does he stay mum?
The Trudeau family’s love of tyrants
Political blind spots are inevitable when you have warm thoughts for oppressors
Xi Jinping’s chilling grab for absolute power in China
Opinion: China is now a one-man dictatorship yearning to restore the archaic political norms of the country’s imperial past