Globe and Mail Under Fire for Pro-China Editorial

Critics slammed The Globe and Mail after the newspaper published an opinion piece calling for Canada to “free ourselves of the US and forge closer ties with China.” 

The commentary, published this week by Julian Karaguesian and Robin Shaban, argues that Canada should pivot toward stronger economic relations with China to reduce dependence on the United States, particularly in response to President Donald Trump’s threat of 25% tariffs on Canadian goods. 

The authors write that “Washington no longer views Canada as an ally, but rather as a subordinate from which to extract concessions,” calling trade diversification “an urgent national imperative.”

Most provocatively, the piece declares that “the greatest threat to Canadian sovereignty isn’t Chinese interference, it’s our servility to a US that increasingly treats us as a vassal.” The authors also argue that Canada’s current trade strategy represents “strategic malpractice” given that “95 per cent of global consumers live outside America.”

The Globe and Mail has led coverage of alleged Chinese interference in Canadian elections, based largely on leaked intelligence documents. 

Canada-China relations remained frosty since 2018, when Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, prompting China to detain two Canadians for nearly three years and impose punitive trade restrictions. 

Recent Globe and Mail reporting revealed extensive Chinese efforts to influence Canadian elections, though a public inquiry ultimately found no MPs worked for foreign powers. And there was also this:



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