What has been portrayed as 'constructive, pragmatic engagement' with Beijing has the potential to go sideways very quickly for Mark Carney

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In his speech at his party’s convention in Calgary on Friday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre expressed his wariness about the “strategic partnership” the Carney government has struck with China.

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Cognizant that many western Conservatives welcomed Beijing’s tariff relief on canola provided by an agreement to allow 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into Canada, he did not expand on his misgivings.

The deal is deliberately limited in scope and certainly does not justify the wilder ramblings of some MAGA types like President Donald Trump’s former adviser, Steve Bannon, who mused about Canada and China conducting joint military exercises in the Arctic.

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Even Poilievre recognized that Canada must diversify its markets away from its overreliance on the United States.

But what has been portrayed as “constructive, pragmatic engagement” with Beijing has the potential to go sideways very quickly for Mark Carney — and provide........

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