'We're doing everything we can:' Trudeau hoping for good news on Michaels before New Year 'This will be their third Christmas in arbitrary detention in China. What their families have gone through is just horrific,' Trudeau said Author of the article: Reuters Publishing date: Dec 16, 2020 • December 16, 2020 • 2 minute read • A man holds a sign bearing photographs of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who have been detained in China for two years, outside B.C. Supreme Court where Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou was attending a hearing, in Vancouver, on Jan. 21, 2020. Photo by Darryl Dyck /The Canadian Press/File