Kovrig and Spavor: 900 days in prison and still counting

To leave the well-being of two Canadians to the vicissitudes of other governments creates a precedent that should be rejected by all Canadians.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured left, in March 2021, and Canadian political leaders have shown obduracy and obscurity on this file for too long, pretending they are protecting false principles that have little relevance in a world where the well-being and lives of two citizens, Michael Kovrig (middle) and Michael Spavor (right), hang in the balance, writes Gar Pardy.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, courtesy of Twitter and the International Crisis Group

Opinion

BY GAR PARDY

May 26, 2021

Inexorably, we near 900 days with no end in sight. At the end of the month, 900 days will have passed and Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor will be on their way to spending 1,000 days inside China’s prisons. Except for s...

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