Don’t allow this special Canada-China committee to become a lost opportunity

If the Liberal MPs are just there to defend the government and stonewall some lines of study, then the committee will fail. Likewise, if the Conservatives send their worst partisans and anti-China hawks then the committee will fail.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Dec. 11, 2019, arriving for Question Period in the West Block on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

December 16, 2019

TORONTO—In an early test of their power to shape the political agenda, MPs have voted to establish a special committee to examine the Canada-China relationship and to draft a new strategy to determine the future course of this hugely important relationship. Only the Liberals were opposed, but they...

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