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"Charles Burton, a former counsellor at the Canadian embassy in Beijing, warns the situation grows more dire as the months wear on."
"Charles Burton, a former counsellor at the Canadian embassy in Beijing, warns the situation grows more dire as the months wear on."
"If we continue to make no response of any meaningful nature beyond lip service of our concerns, we appear to be giving tacit consent to China to continue to violate the international norms of diplomacy ... And by not doing anything, we make the situation worse as time goes on."
"Burton suggested the Canadian government could take measures like revoking visas for Chinese students, pulling Canadian coaches out of helping the Chinese winter Olympics teams and imposing financial sanctions on high-level Chinese officials."
"We have for too long been too tolerant of China violating its commitments to these institutions and this is the price that we're paying for sacrificing our security and commitment to the international rule of law for perceived economic concessions by a repressive Chinese regime"
"Colin Robertson, a former diplomat and vice-president at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, agreed things could get much worse for the two Canadians and the next moves by the Canadian government should be stronger."
