{"id":41743,"date":"2018-12-17T08:58:55","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T13:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41743"},"modified":"2018-12-17T08:58:55","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T13:58:55","slug":"canada-to-pay-heavy-price-for-trudeaus-groupie-role-in-us-banditry-against-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41743","title":{"rendered":"Canada to Pay Heavy Price for Trudeau\u2019s Groupie Role in US Banditry Against China"},"content":{"rendered":"<header><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" title=\"Canada to Pay Heavy Price for Trudeau\u2019s Groupie Role in US Banditry Against China\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strategic-culture.org\/images\/news\/2018\/12\/16\/or-41921.jpg?47047\" alt=\"Canada to Pay Heavy Price for Trudeau\u2019s Groupie Role in US Banditry Against China\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strategic-culture.org\/news\/2018\/12\/16\/canada-pay-heavy-price-for-trudeau-groupie-role-in-us-banditry-against-china.html\">Canada to Pay Heavy Price for Trudeau\u2019s Groupie Role in US Banditry Against China<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<p>You do have to wonder about the political savvy of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government. The furious fallout from China over the arrest of a senior telecoms executive is going to do severe damage to Canadian national interests.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau\u2019s fawning over American demands is already rebounding very badly for Canada\u2019s economy and its international image.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian arrest \u2013 on behalf of Washington \u2013 of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese telecom giant Huawei, seems a blatant case of the Americans acting politically and vindictively. If the Americans are seen to be acting like bandits, then the Canadians are their flunkies.<\/p>\n<p>Wanzhou was detained on December 1 by Canadian federal police as she was boarding a commercial airliner in Vancouver. She was reportedly handcuffed and led away in a humiliating manner which has shocked the Chinese government, media and public.<\/p>\n<p>The business executive has since been released on a $7.4 million bail bond, pending further legal proceedings. She is effectively being kept under house arrest in Canada with electronic ankle tagging.<\/p>\n<p>To add insult to injury, it is not even clear what Wanzhou is being prosecuted for. The US authorities have claimed that she is guilty of breaching American sanctions against Iran by conducting telecoms business with Tehran. It is presumed that the Canadians arrested Wanzhou at the request of the Americans. But so far a US extradition warrant has not been filed. That could take months. In the meantime, the Chinese businesswoman will be living under curfew, her freedom denied.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada to Pay Heavy Price for Trudeau\u2019s Groupie Role in US Banditry Against China You do have to wonder about the political savvy of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government. The furious fallout from China over the arrest of a senior telecoms executive is going to do severe damage to Canadian national interests. 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