Kelly McParland: We all want the two Michaels back, but Canada mustn\u0027t give in to China
.” The family has gained an opinion from a prominent lawyer attesting that it is, indeed, within the power of the government to give in to China’s demands. A new pair of voices has been added to an existing cabal of once-prominent Liberals to argue that China should have its way: Allan Rock and Louise Arbour, one a former justice minister, the other a former supreme court justice, attest that, yes, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is fully empowered to back down in the face of Chinese pressure.
Phew. Rock, Arbour and others in their camp date their prominence to the government of former prime minister Jean Chrétien, whose enthusiasm for doing business with China was a hallmark of his government. Reports indicated Chrétien himself suggested Ottawa Again, you can’t blame Kovrig’s family for doing all it can to help him, but the idea that Canada’s government should legitimize the practice of hostage diplomacy by bowing to the dictates of a goonish Communist regime is utterly insupportable. Trudeau should dismiss it out of hand and would be absolutely correct to do so. There is one absolute certainty to the practice of hostage-taking: giving in to it is to ensure further hostages will be taken.
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