Katlyn Harrison, a specialist for public affairs and government relations and vice chair at Summa Strategies, criticizes Ottawa for not responding to the Chinese envoy after he ‘warned’ of support for Taiwan.

“Now 5+ days without a response from Canada’s government on China’s demand we scale back Taiwan support,” Harrison writes on social media.

“Partnership with China seems to have some pretty big strings attached - including dictating Canada’s foreign policy”

Refering to PM Mark Carney’s critique of US president Trump, Harrison says: “Forgive me, but the international speeches decrying global hegemons fall a little flat when you’re actively courting one [China] interfering in your own backyard.”

“So if the Prime Minister is going to make these declarative statements, he should be prepared to answer, ok, ‘are you speaking only about the United States or how does this foreign policy look and this position look vis a vis China and Taiwan’, for which the Prime Minister has been silent?” Harrison adds.

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