Cancelled military training may sully China ties
By Song Zhongping Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/14 20:28:41
Illustration: Liu Rui/GT
Canadian Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan confirmed on Thursday that Canadian soldiers are no longer training members of the Chinese military. Previously, James Bezan, a Conservative defense critic, questioned why Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would maintain such relations with China.
In 2013, the former conservative government signed a military cooperation plan with China to ramp up the coordination between the two countries. The Trudeau government invited the Chinese People s Liberation Army for joint training at the Canadian Forces Base at Petawawa in the province of Ontario last year, months after China s arrests of two Canadians.