Closed government consultations are not the answer

Canadians clearly need much more information on the future of trade relations with China before we proceed any further. A free trade deal would have major consequences, good and bad, for our future, and we need to know what they are.

International Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured Jan. 10, 2017, at Rideau Hall at the cabinet shuffle, along with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, Labour Minister Patty Hajdu, Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould, and Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

July 3, 2017

TORONTO—In 2020, Canada and China will mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations, which began in 1970. Since then the relationship has evolved, not so much by grand gestures, but by incremental advances and a succession of initiatives in what has been called a strategic partners...

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