Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig told MPs that Ottawa’s agreement with Beijing to open its markets to Chinese electric vehicles puts Canada at risk of “deeper economic entanglement” with China and dependency that could erode Canada’s sovereignty.
Kovrig made the comments as he testified on April 16 before the House of Commons science and research committee, which is studying the implications of the Canada–China preliminary joint arrangement on Canada’s electric vehicle sector.
Kovrig, a China scholar, was detained in China for more than 1,000 days, along with fellow Canadian Michael Spavor, in apparent retaliation by Beijing after Canada executed a U.S. extradition warrant in late 2018 for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and arrested her in Vancouver….