Kovrig and Spavor: the injury continues

Canada can’t rely on the imaginary protections from U.S. assurances the detained Canadians are being treated as if they ‘were American citizens,’ and instead must deal directly with China.

Michael Kovrig, left, and Michael Spavor, right, have been detained by Chinese authorities since December 2018. It’s past time for the Canadian government to demonstrate the well-being of two Canadians is worth sitting down with China to end it, writes Gar Pardy. Photographs courtesy of Twitter and the International Crisis Group

Opinion

BY GAR PARDY

April 19, 2021

The days pass in rapid succession for us. But for Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, in almost total seclusion in the prisons of China, each day is interminable. Their recent few hours spent in the total anonymity of a Chinese courtroom was probably the highlight of t...

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