The following is a “Bottom Line” commentary from Rick Peterson , who is currently seeking the Conservative Party of Canada nomination for the federal riding of Edmonton – Strathcona. This is currently the only seat, held by the NDP, in the province of Alberta. Last week we all heard about a letter signed by 19 “heavyweight” Canadian foreign policy thinkers asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to cave into China’s demands for a prisoner swap. Send Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou back to China from detention in Vancouver, was their message, where she’s waiting to see if she’ll be extradited to the US to face fraud charges. In return, they say, we’d get back Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who’ve spent more than 500 days in Chinese prison hellholes and are now facing trumped up espionage charges in clear political retaliation for Canada holding Meng. Kudos to the Prime Minister for quickly trashing the letter, which you can read here and see the list of signatories....
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