When Margaret McCuaig-Johnston first began speaking out against the Chinese communist regime’s human rights abuses, the former senior government official had been “a friend of China for 40 years” and had “helped them develop their innovation capacity.” Today, she says “Canadians should speak truth to power every time they meet with Chinese officials.”
“The final straw for me and for many Canadians was the kidnapping of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor,” said McCuaig-Johnston at “The Challenge of China” conference in Ottawa on June 3.-- More...