Prime Minister Mark Carney would not say when asked whether China’s treatment of the Uyghurs amounted to genocide – as the House of Commons declared several years ago – but acknowledged the Asian country was “rightly called out” for its conduct toward this minority in the past.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday at an unrelated news conference in Quebec, Mr. Carney was asked whether he agreed with the [Canada's] 2021 House of Commons motion on genocide.
He declined to say but noted “there are fundamental issues in terms of China’s treatment of the Uyghurs in the past, and they’ve been rightly called out.”
Mr. Carney is still navigating the fallout from comments from new Liberal MP Michael Ma who last week cast doubt on reports of forced labour in China. Mr. Ma, who defected from the opposition Conservatives in December, has since apologized for his statements.
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Mr. Ma sparked a backlash last Thursday after he challenged the existence of forced labour in China during a meeting of the Commons industry committee, which is examining Mr. Carney’s deal to allow 49,000 Chinese-made electric vehicles into Canada at a low tariff rate.
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Last week, Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a senior fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, had told the Commons industry committee Thursday that electric vehicles (EV) are being built with Chinese aluminum products made by slave labourers in Xinjiang. A 2024 Human Rights Watch report also said major automakers including Tesla, BYD, GM, Toyota and Volkswagen are drawing aluminum from supply chains linked to Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang.
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Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in Xinjiang, a region some call East Turkestan, have faced years of repression, forced internment and coerced labour under Beijing, according to rights groups. A 2022 report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said China has committed “serious human rights violations” there that may amount to “crimes against humanity.”
I'm a leftist so I generally hate Carney for a ton of reasons, but "has no idea what he's doing" is absolutely incorrect; he's been doing very well in response to the US and his actions have undoubtedly helped Canada. He's good for business and great for the economy; the country would be far weaker and in a much worse place if conservatives had won.
Far from ideal, and I'd much rather see the NDP gain ground... But from the realistic options Canadians had: I think they made the best choice possible and it's already paid dividends.
Read my other comment in here. Thinking Carney is doing good things for Canada requires a heavy amount of not paying attention to what he’s doing. He’s literally running the Liberals closer to Harper-era Conservatives than anything and we desperately need aggressive progress, not weak, middling responses.
If “Canada will unconditionally supprt the US in its attack on Iran” is what you call a strong response I mean fucking yikes, dude.
(From a CBC article)
Far from perfect, certainly not 'unconditional'...
It was the first thing he said. He sinced walked it back, but his gut reaction was “unconditional”.
French article
No nuance, no “limited aspect”, he just went directly to sucking Trump’s dick until someone stopped him. Carney’s an empty suit who doesn’t give a shit about you. It was obvious to me back when he looked like a kid wearing his dad’s hockey jersey meekly talking about “elbows up”. He doesn’t stand for anything but monied interests and he’s not even hiding it.
I completely agree with you there. And for those very reasons he's doing pretty good on the economy despite the circumstances. And his pushback against the Americans is far more than what the likes of Poilierve would do.
Doing pretty well in the eyes of Canadians too
https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/carney-approval-climbs-after-one-year-outpacing-poilievre-support-momentum
Could someone else be better? Probably.
Would almost anyone else be worse? Definitely.
Is he "bad" for Canada? Absolutely not.
But the election is what it was, and Canada made the best possible realistic choice with the options it had. All things considered, it's going pretty damn well. I have boatloads of criticisms, but the fact that his leadership has been a net positive is almost undeniable.