Coronavirus: Champagne dodges naming Taiwan when pressed to thank nation for mask donation
During a virtual sitting of the House of Commons on Thursday, Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne said that Canada is "grateful to all who have given supplies" during the coronavirus pandemic, after Conservative MP Ed Fast accused the Trudeau government of not thanking Taiwan for their delivery of 25,000 surgical masks to British Columbia on May 4.
When China donated medical supplies to help Canada in battling the coronavirus pandemic, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne turned to Twitter to thank the country directly.-- More...
— Canada Free Press (@canadafreepress) May 8, 2020
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