The Prime Minister has signalled that Ottawa will ask hard questions about Beijing’s relationship with the global public-health body
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will continue to support the World Health Organization even as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to cancel his country’s membership in the UN agency. But Mr. Trudeau has signalled that Ottawa will ask hard questions about China’s relationship with the global public-health body.
Asked if he was concerned about the size of China’s donation and the influence it might wield at the WHO, Mr. Trudeau said it required careful scrutiny. “There are always going to be reflections about the relationship between the largest donors to multilateral institutions and the functioning of those … institutions,” he said.
Mr. Trudeau has been cautious about criticizing China’s handling of the pandemic – but other Canadian public figures have not. Mr. Trump has accused the WHO of being too China-centric and has led international criticism of Beijing’s perceived lack of transparency in the early stages of the crisis.
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