The Liberals, NDP and Greens voted down a Tory motion for the special committee on Canada-China relations to examine events in Hong Kong
China is trusting the pandemic will divert the free world’s attention away from efforts to expand its influence in Hong Kong and the South China Sea.
However, the Liberals, NDP and Greens voted against the motion – a result that will have been cheered by the Chinese. Garnett Genuis, the young Edmonton area Conservative MP, offered a fiery little speech that deserved a larger audience than the one offered by the near empty chamber.The measures proposed by Beijing would sweep away even the pretence of democracy that currently exists, he said.
The race should go to the swift and the argument to the eloquent but it doesn’t work like that when back-room deals have been struck.
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