Ambassador to China to brief MPs on detained Canadians in closed-door meeting

MPs rebuffed the request of Conservatives and the NDP that a portion of John McCallum’s address be public, arguing ‘the lives of Canadians are at stake.’

John McCallum, Canada's ambassador to China, will brief the House Foreign Affairs Committee Friday morning on the state of relations with Beijing. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

January 17, 2019

Canada’s ambassador to China will appear in a closed meeting before a committee Friday morning to answer MPs' questions about the diplomatic dispute with China and its the detention of two Canadians. John McCallum is expected to...

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