A former executive with the Bank of Canada says Canada needs to change its approach to Communist China..The People’s Republic has a sunny outlook while “there’s a sense of things being very broken” in Canada, said Mark Kruger, according to Blacklock’s Reporter..“Talking to friends and family, I think there’s a sense of things being very broken back home,” said Kruger, former senior policy director with the Bank of Canada..“But in China there just isn’t that sense. Theirs is much more a sense of optimism and enthusiasm.”.Kruger made his remarks in a March 30 speech to the Canada-China Friendship Society of Ottawa. The former central banker and head of economics at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing is now an editor with the China Business Network Co. Ltd. of Shanghai..“They have seen their government deal very well with COVID, and so faith in the government of China and the effectiveness of the government of China really stands out compared to what people think of the effectiveness of their governments worldwide,” he said..“It is in China’s interest to succeed. I think it will succeed.”.“The likelihood of them succeeding is, I think, great. If I had to gamble, if I had to put my money down, if I had to wager, I wager they will make it.”.Kruger said protesting against human rights atrocities in China was pointless..“You know, if you want to influence China on human rights I think it is a very long process,” said Kruger..“Why are the Chinese doing the things they do? Why? How? How can you nudge them?”.Kruger, in his speech, didn’t mention of the ongoing detention of two Canadian business consultants in China, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, or a February 22 Commons vote censuring China for genocide in its mistreatment of the minority Muslim Uyghur population..“My point is we have very little leverage,” said Kruger..“We’re best off acting somehow from a situation of friendship rather than a situation of confrontation, because you know when it comes right down to it, the Chinese can just ignore us, right? We’re best off positioning ourselves as someone that can help, someone who has valid experience we can share with the Chinese.”.The Commons by a 266-0 vote also agreed to petition the International Olympic Committee to relocate the 2022 Winter Games from Beijing..China’s ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu on March 3 told reporters in Ottawa the genocidal oppression of Uyghurs was “just lies of the century.”.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
A former executive with the Bank of Canada says Canada needs to change its approach to Communist China..The People’s Republic has a sunny outlook while “there’s a sense of things being very broken” in Canada, said Mark Kruger, according to Blacklock’s Reporter..“Talking to friends and family, I think there’s a sense of things being very broken back home,” said Kruger, former senior policy director with the Bank of Canada..“But in China there just isn’t that sense. Theirs is much more a sense of optimism and enthusiasm.”.Kruger made his remarks in a March 30 speech to the Canada-China Friendship Society of Ottawa. The former central banker and head of economics at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing is now an editor with the China Business Network Co. Ltd. of Shanghai..“They have seen their government deal very well with COVID, and so faith in the government of China and the effectiveness of the government of China really stands out compared to what people think of the effectiveness of their governments worldwide,” he said..“It is in China’s interest to succeed. I think it will succeed.”.“The likelihood of them succeeding is, I think, great. If I had to gamble, if I had to put my money down, if I had to wager, I wager they will make it.”.Kruger said protesting against human rights atrocities in China was pointless..“You know, if you want to influence China on human rights I think it is a very long process,” said Kruger..“Why are the Chinese doing the things they do? Why? How? How can you nudge them?”.Kruger, in his speech, didn’t mention of the ongoing detention of two Canadian business consultants in China, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, or a February 22 Commons vote censuring China for genocide in its mistreatment of the minority Muslim Uyghur population..“My point is we have very little leverage,” said Kruger..“We’re best off acting somehow from a situation of friendship rather than a situation of confrontation, because you know when it comes right down to it, the Chinese can just ignore us, right? We’re best off positioning ourselves as someone that can help, someone who has valid experience we can share with the Chinese.”.The Commons by a 266-0 vote also agreed to petition the International Olympic Committee to relocate the 2022 Winter Games from Beijing..China’s ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu on March 3 told reporters in Ottawa the genocidal oppression of Uyghurs was “just lies of the century.”.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
