The former Liberal prime minister is nowadays employed by Denton’s Canada LLP, the ugly little stepsister of the global conglomerate Beijing Dacheng. All by himself, John McCallum, the cabinet minister Trudeau appointed ambassador to China last year, racked up freebie trips to the value of $73,300. The news media sites blocked in China – not least the New York Times, Bloomberg, Le Monde and the Economist – are just as numerous. As for the possibility of free trade with China, it’s a propaganda fiction, and we would all do well to call it what it is. In the case of joint ventures, the party is now demanding that the company’s party secretary be the board chairman.

Source: National Post December 06, 2017 16:41 UTC