Crisis Group says it trusts Ottawa to help free detainees after McCallum firing
The employer of a Canadian man detained in China is expressing confidence in the Trudeau government following the firing of John McCallum.
The support comes as the government is faced with containing and repairing the political damage in relations with its second largest trading partner as Canada copes with the fallout of being caught in a trade war between two global giants – the United States and China. The Liberals will also be facing the sharpened political knives of their Conservative and NDP opponents when the House of Commons resumes on Monday for its first sitting in a pivotal election year.
McCallum was replaced by his number two in Beijing, a career diplomat who is viewed in some quarters as everything the former Liberal cabinet minister turned out not to be — a circumspect, by-the-book envoy who knows to how to navigate Asian politics while keeping his mouth shut in public.