During Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to China in January, the issue of human rights wasn’t “proactively” raised during discussions with Chinese officials, according to the Privy Council Office (PCO).
“Topics of human rights and foreign interference were not brought up proactively by the Canadian Prime Minister,” says a document tabled in the House of Commons on March 13 by the PCO, which is sometimes referred to as the prime minister’s department.
The document, first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter, was tabled in response to a Jan. 26 request from Conservative MP Ned Kuruc, seeking details on which meetings during Carney’s January trip to China included discussions of human rights or foreign interference….