A thousand days pass with Kovrig and Spavor in prison

There is no expectation of any initiative soon from Ottawa, with none of the contending parties in the national election offering a different approach to the current government.

Michael Spavor, left, and Michael Kovrig, right, were detained in December 2018. There is silence in both Ottawa and Beijing on any action that might see the two men released and returned home, writes Gar Pardy.Photographs courtesy of Twitter and the International Crisis Group

Opinion

BY GAR PARDY

September 5, 2021

Sunday, Sept. 5, will see the thousandth day Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have spent in the prisons of China. To mark the day, the families and supporters will hold a commemorative walk of 7,000 steps in Ottawa. The steps represent the daily walk by Kovrig around ...

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