It's possible that China could look to detain other Canadians as a result of this week's court ruling that did not go in Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's favour, says a former head of Canada's spy agency.
as her lawyers pushed for, and will remain under house arrest as proceedings continue.
Their detention has been widely seen as a form of retaliation from China, which also included kicking off a trade war, putting Canadian farmers in China’s crosshairs. “There's quite a difference between the Meng case— of someone who was arrested under an international treaty of extradition, which is afforded due process in a country which believes in the rule of law—compared to two Canadians who have been arbitrary detained… for more than 500 days, that’s 500 days too much,” he said.The court’s decision this week has prompted many foreign policy experts to predict that it would be only a matter of time before China retaliated.
“I think they will retaliate… They're going to retaliate not only to send us a message but also to send a message to other countries… So yes I think there will be further economic consequences, but I think they will probably augment their efforts, trying to undermine us both domestically and internationally through a variety of means,” Fadden said.
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