Reset needed of Canada-China ties
By David
Kilgour
A 2019 Nanos national opinion survey indicated that nine in 10 pre-COVID-19 pandemic Canadians then held a negative impression of the government of China.
Many nationals of countries with independent media probably know that during about 40 days in late 2019 and early last year, Beijing concealed and falsified information about the spread of COVID-19 within China. German intelligence and others report that Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) pressured the WHO to delay issuing a global warning about the virus. US government security concluded that Beijing suppressed the information so it could buy up personal protective equipment (PPE) and other medical supplies globally.
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“I’m aware and we’re working on it,” Joly said in an interview, when asked if relief might be coming for key cornerstone companies that have not been able to access funding, grants or other relief thus far.
Details of the new program, which had been outlined in the government’s fall economic statement, remain unclear, but Joly said there are plans for Small Business Minister Mary Ng to provide details imminently.
While tourism has been decimated by the pandemic, and millions of dollars has been handed out in relief funding by all levels of government, many cornerstone tourism businesses such as transportation companies, hotels and large attractions have fallen through the cracks.