Roundup: A scolding from Xi Jinping

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Much of the conversation yesterday was about a piece of video was captured at the G20 meeting in Bali, where on the sidelines, we saw Xi Jinping scolding Trudeau for “leaking” their conversation to the press, except there was no “leak.” It was a bog-standard readout like is sent out after any conversation with a foreign leader, with its vague wording and fairly inscrutable pabulum. And Trudeau told him as much about Canada believing in “free and open and frank dialogue.” Xi, however, put on a show of scolding, which some have said was more about saving face than anything. Nevertheless, this became something of a Rorschach test, based on your feelings about Trudeau—if you like him, he’s standing firm in the face of Xi, but if you don’t, he’s either looking chastened, or weak, or that Xi is taking Trudeau down a peg. It’s both fascinating and crashingly dull that these same narratives keep getting trotted out time and again.

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Ukraine Dispatch, Day 267:

Russian attacks in the east of Ukraine intensified as they were reinforced with troops fleeing from Kherson, as Ukrainian cities were working to restore power after the missile attacks earlier in the week. It also looks more likely that the missiles that struck Poland were Ukrainian anti-missile missiles, which still leaves Russia culpable, given that they fired some 100 cruise missiles at civilian targets in the first place. Meanwhile, two Canadian companies that produce electrical transmission towers are looking to assist Ukraine by offering their emergency replacement pylons to local companies.

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Good reads:

  • Justin Trudeau announced that Canada is extending our training mission to Ukrainian soldiers until the end of 2023.
  • The G20 summit has wrapped in Bali, and the assembled leaders seem to have taken a direction that Trudeau was hoping around isolating Russia.
  • Cabinet has declined a proposal to double production at an iron mine in Nunavut, citing both environmental and sociological repercussions.
  • Mélanie Joly rolled out new sanctions on Iranians, including two aviation companies.
  • Karina Gould is seeking feedback on the proposed national school food policy.
  • At the public inquiry, the former head of CBSA said they couldn’t impede blockaders from crossing the border, while trade was impacted to the tune of $3.9 billion.
  • A Chinese businessman in Toronto appears to be at the centre of national security investigations around foreign interference.
  • The Financial Post has a roundup of economists’ reactions to yesterday’s inflation numbers, which remained at 6.9% annualized in October.
  • The Federal Court has granted CRA the ability to look through the Kent Building Supplies’ records in Atlantic Canada to crack down on the underground economy.
  • The CRTC chairman was at committee in the Senate to clarify disinformation about the online streaming bill, saying they won’t manipulate algorithms.
  • Doug Ford’s bill to create “strong mayors” would give them powers to ram through changes with only a third of council supporting them, which is insane.
  • Kevin Carmichael looks at the inflation data and figures what this will likely mean for the Bank of Canada’s forthcoming moves.
  • Shannon Proudfoot offers her sketch of Brenda Lucki’s testimony at the public inquiry, where she never seemed to answer questions directly.
  • Susan Delacourt sees Trudeau’s confrontation with Xi Jinping as a sign that he’s doing his job as prime minister, as he should be.
  • Justin Ling gives a recounting of the state of the war in Ukraine, and how Russia’s missile stockpiles relate to the incident over the Polish border.

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2 thoughts on “Roundup: A scolding from Xi Jinping”

  1. Trudeau’s tete-a-tete with the Chinese bully was a nothing burger. Xi has no face. If Trudeau wanted to really rebut him he could have unloaded all barrels. If Canadians would just resist buying the Chinese garbage products then they would see a change in attitude. On both sides its all about the money. Perhaps Trudeau could immediately close the Chinese cop shops and send a few more spies back the China. That would cost some jobs though and its all about jobs.
    Trudeau could have slammed Xi on the Uighur issue but that would force Canadians to pay more for their underwear, but then the higher prices would be inflationary and its all about inflation.
    Let them have their infantile words. Its all about how things look isn’t it?
    Also, it is all about little men telling the other 8 billion what to do, but that’s what its all about isn’t it?

  2. Trudeau should kick the ChiCom malware that is Tik Tok out of the country, Singh’s selfies and the cringe aesthetic and attitudes of Gen-Z be damned.

    Or Elon Musk should buy it.

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