"We will continue to work with China for advancing Canadian interests and Canadian producers. Canada is continuing to press China to release Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. Both men were detained in China in December 2018 following Canada's arrest of Meng Wanzhou, a senior executive with the Chinese telecom giant Huawei. Canadian police detained Meng in Vancouver on a U.S. extradition request nine days before Kovrig and Spavor were arrested. Consular access to SchellenbergOne month after Kovrig and Spavor were arrested, China sentenced Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg to death in a sudden retrial.

Source: CBC News October 14, 2020 12:14 UTC