Trudeau right to avoid Rock ’em Sock ’em approach to foreign diplomacy

Give the government the gears on having no clear Canadian-Chinese strategy, question the prime minister on his past comments about accommodation with China—the list goes on, but give him marks for the 'Bali Encounter.'
Listening to some of the critiques of how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau failed to stand up to Chinese President Xi Jinping made me think those critics would have opted for a Don Cherry's Rock 'em Sock 'em Hockey approach, writes Tim Powers.

OTTAWA—Let me start with my statements of fact. No doubt they will be startling to you. I am neither an expert in international affairs, nor do I possess state-of-the-art body language analysis skills. But I do have one tool kit honed on George Street in my hometown of St....

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