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Politics This Morning: Ambassador Barton to testify before Canada-China House Committee

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Conservative MPs Leona Alleslev, Dan Albas, centre, and Michael Barrett, pictured on Jan. 20, 2020, chat as they wait for the House Canada-China Relations Committee's first meeting to start. The official opposition, along with the NDP, pushed for Canada's ambassador to China to testify before the committee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

January 21, 2020

Good Tuesday morning, The Canada-China Relations House Committee elected former Speaker Geoff Regan as its chair. After some wrangling, the committee agreed on Monday to call on Canada's ambassador to China, Dominic Barton, to testify before the committee "no ...

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