Settling Spavor’s prison sentence will take political will

Michael Spavor’s 11-year prison sentence also included the tantalizing reference to ‘deportation,’ which is normal in cases involving foreigners. No date for such action has been proffered.

Michael Spavor’s imprisonment will be settled only by political decisions by the government of China, just as the problems of Meng Wanzhou in Canada will only be settled by political decisions by the Government of Canada, writes Gar Pardy. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

Opinion

BY GAR PARDY

August 11, 2021

The sentencing decision following the conviction of Calgary businessman Michael Spavor for 11 years imprisonment is within the normal confines of Chinese law. The sentence also included confiscation of personal effects valued at close to $100,000 and the tantalizing r...

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