Posted: Dec 22, 2020 7:39 PM ET | Last Updated: December 23, 2020 Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador to the United States, said the U.S. is 'deeply committed' to resolving the detention of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who have been detained in China for the past two years.(Power & Politics) The United States is "deeply committed" to helping resolve China's detention of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, says Canada's ambassador to the United States. "There is not a single substantive conversation that I have with a lawmaker here in the United States — whether it is in the administration or on the Hill — where the issue of the arbitrary detention of the Michaels doesn't come up," Kirsten Hillman said in an interview with CBC News Network's