President Joe Biden gave a warning to China on behalf of the Canadians, promising Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau he would help get two imprisoned Canadians back from the Chinese.
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing President Joe Biden to alter another first for his administration: the typically formal White House meeting with a foreign c
(Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and almost all of his cabinet skipped Monday’s vote, with Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau the lone cabinet member in attendance. He abstained on behalf of the federal government.) China has long proven to be a corrupt regime that cares not for human rights and targets those who dare criticize the actions of the Far East giant. Canada knows that well, with two innocent Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor having been kidnapped and detained by Chinese authorities nine days after the RCMP arrested Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver in December 2018 on a U.S. extradition warrant.
Biden, Trudeau Hold Virtual Bilateral Meeting
President Joe Biden met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday in a virtual meeting where the two leaders affirmed bilateral ties and discussed matters surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, among other topics.
“The United States has no closer friend than Canada,” Biden said from the Roosevelt Room at the White House. “That’s why you were my first call as president, [and] my first bilateral meeting.”
Biden said the topics they’d discuss would be “COVID-19, economic recovery, climate change, refugees and migration, fighting for our democratic values on a global stage, and strengthening our own democracies at home.”
Ontario Uighur Muslims call for more action following Canada s genocide vote
Two Ontario Uighur Muslims say they feel mixed about the House of Commons vote declaring China s treatment of the Uighurs a genocide.
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