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This has nothing to do with that.

• sonnyblarney 8y ago
  The issues are definitely related. That the government is in the middle of one of it's biggest negotiations in history, with it's largest trading partner - and there have been twice in that last few months indications of 'Chinese government spying' - would imply that they are quite related wether we want them to be or not. The first story was bizarre and didn't seem to have credibility, making one wonder how it came to be. This story comes at an even more sensitive time, and so more clarity, more information is better. Even the arrest of the Huawei rep. a few days ago - though maybe part of a separate investigation - will ultimately be viewed by 'the other side' as a tactic, ergo, it's part of the discussion wether we want it to be or not. FYI - just today, a few days after Huawei VP is nabbed in Canada, the Chinese have 'dissapeared' a former Canadian diplomat in China working for an NGO. [1] ... which is exactly the kind of thing that many predicted would happen. [1] https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/former-canadian-diplomat-working-for-non-profit-reported-missing-in-china https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/former-canadian-diploma...