iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Mar 11, 2021 6:00am President of the People s Republic of China Xi Jinping. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
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Arctic threat: A top Defence Department official warned that China is a growing threat to the Canadian Arctic. Deputy Minister of the Department of National Defence Jody Thomas highlighted China’s interest in natural resources in the Northwest Passage.
Retired Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire joined Power & Politics Wednesday to urge the Canadian government to act on what he says is a genocide taking place in China. He says self interest is getting in the way of the government's obligation to act and he calls for Canada to boycott the 2022 Beijing olympics.
Retired Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire said self-interest is what’s obstructing the Canadian government from calling out Beijing over its “genocide” committed against the Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.