Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau publicly wondered how the French would react were a Canadian prime minister to visit France and champion Breton independence. There is a precedent for a foreign dignitary coming to Canada and abusing Ottawa’s hospitality by acting like a chest-thrusting popinjay. National PostMichael Petrou is a non-resident fellow at the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies. Making nice with China may be good business, but as Wang reminded us, there’s nothing honourable about it. There may have been a scenario in which Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion met his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, and came away looking more subservient than he did Wednesday, but it takes some imagining.

Source: National Post June 02, 2016 17:37 UTC