Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand on Monday hailed Communist China as a valuable strategic partner, a dramatic turnaround from years of tense relations between Ottawa and Beijing necessitated by Canada’s deteriorating relationship with the United States.
The government of Canada addressed the United Nations on the last day of its annual General Assembly on Monday, but leftist Prime Minister Mark Carney was notably absent, having attended as an audience member for much of last week.
The Chinese Communist government on Sunday claimed the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) appropriately handled a “provocative transit” by American and Canadian warships through the Strait of Taiwan on Saturday.
Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said on Monday that planes from the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) are flying over the Yukon, searching for debris from the unidentified flying object (UFO) shot down by an American jet fighter on Saturday.
The Canadian government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to spend over $400 million on an air defence system for Ukraine that the Canadian army has begged for since 2012.
