Canada should be much firmer in its dealings with communist China, says a former ambassador to that country.
Guy St-Jacques, Canada’s envoy to China from 2012 to 2016, made the comments in his speech during a panel discussion at “The Challenge of China” conference at the University of Ottawa on June 3.   
“It is high time for the government to adopt a much firmer attitude with China. It’s the only language that China respects. It calls for concerted action [that] has to take place among like-minded democracies to counter China,” said St-Jacques. 
“China feels emboldened with its wolf warrior type of diplomacy, and feels that it is winning today,” he added, noting that “China’s approach to international law is like it’s a menu—we take some things, we don’t take others.”…