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     . . .  and the arrogant Chinese government to do major trade and business   
   with.   
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   Remember this from his 2006 trip to Asia? . . .   
      
      
   CBC News Posted: Nov 15, 2006   
      
   Won't 'sell out' on rights despite China snub: PM   
      
   Prime Minister Stephen Harper talks with the media aboard his aircraft en route   
   to Vietnam on Wednesday.   
      
   Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his government will not abandon "important   
   Canadian values" by toning down criticisms of China's human rights record to   
   improve trade relations with Beijing.   
      
   Harper made the comments to reporters on Wednesday after being apparently   
   snubbed by Chinese President Hu Jintao.   
      
   Harper, who was on his plane en route to the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation   
   conference in Vietnam, was supposed to have a private meeting with Hu.  But   
   after some initial talks between the two countries, the Chinese leader declined   
   to meet with Harper.   
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   Harper said he couldn't explain the snub, but hinted that the Chinese were   
   trying to put conditions on what subjects could be discussed during the   
   meeting, the Canadian Press reported.   
      
   "I think Canadians want us to promote our trade relations worldwide, and we do   
   that, but I don't think Canadians want us to sell out important Canadian   
   values," Harper said.   
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   Chinese President Hu Jintao won't meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in   
   Hanoi, which is being seen by some as a snub over Canada's criticism of China's   
   human rights record. ((Kyodo News/Associated Press))   
      
   "They don't want us to sell that out to the almighty dollar."   
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   Well, even though Canadians' wishes haven't changed, Harper HAS decided "to   
   sell out to the almighty dollar".  This from today's media:   
      
      
   November 8, 2014 - Globe and Mail   
      
      
   China says it alone will decide fate of detained Canadians   
      
   Canada has been pressing Chinese government on treatment of the detained couple   
      
      
   China's second-most powerful leader emerged from a meeting with Stephen Harper   
   to say his country's courts alone will decide what happens to two Canadians   
   detained by Beijing on allegations of spying.   
      
   Canada has been pressing the Chinese government on its treatment of Kevin and   
   Julia Garratt, two evangelical Christians who ran a coffee shop near the North   
   Korean border and have been held by Beijing without charges for more than three   
   months.   
      
   Chinese premier Li Keqiang was asked at a press conference Saturday when   
   Beijing would release the Garratts, who were taken into custody by Security   
   just days after Ottawa accused China of hacking into Canadian government   
   computers.   
      
   "We believe that judicial authorities in China should be able to handle cases   
   in accordance with the law," Mr. Li said.   
      
   "At the same time, the lawful rights and interests of people concerned should   
   also be protected."   
      
   Ottawa has been insisting on due process for the Canadian couple.   
      
   The premier's insistence that Chinese judges, not pleadings from Canada, will   
   determine the fate of the Garratts suggests Mr. Harper won't get any promises   
   during his trip about their release.   
      
   The Canadian prime minister didn't come away empty handed from meetings with   
   top Chinese leadership though.   
      
   Beijing formally announced that Canada has won the right to act as a clearing   
   hub for China's currency, the yuan.   
   This makes it the first such hub in the Americas that is sanctioned by China to   
   clear and settle transactions in the Chinese currency.   
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   This will give Canadian companies a competitive advantage as Chinese buyers   
   will be able to purchase things from Canada in their own currency rather than   
   converting their money to U.S. dollars first.   
      
   Canada and China have reached a deal to help underpin the clearing bank so as a   
   last resort there would be a sufficient guarantee to provide Chinese currency   
   in an emergency situation.   
      
   Bank of Montreal's C.J. Gavsie predicted the yuan trading hub would create jobs   
   and boost trade with China.  "Becoming ... a hub will increase the diversity of   
   our financial sector and make Canada an even more appealing place in which to   
   invest and do business," he said.   
      
   Mr. Harper also presided over the signing of $2.5-billion in commercial deals   
   between Chinese and Canadian companies including a deal for Bombardier to sell   
   more than $1-billion in aircraft to China Express Airlines.  Air Canada also   
   announced a joint venture with Air China that Ottawa estimated to be worth more   
   than $500-million.   
      
   Canada's lop-sided trade relationship with China topped the Prime Minister's   
   agenda Saturday as he used a speech to Chinese officials and businesspeople to   
   point out what amounts to a $50-billion imbalance in Beijing's favour.   
      
   Mr. Harper said he wants to see China buy far more Canadian goods because 70   
   per cent of two-way trade today is Chinese imports to Canada.   
      
   "To be blunt, we would like Canada's exports to China to grow in the same way   
   that Canadian exports to China have grown," Mr. Harper said.   
      
   "It is time for us to see a greater growth in Canadian business today."   
      
   But even as Mr. Harper asked more of China, he also cautioned its leadership   
   that Ottawa will not separate business from human rights.   
      
   He said Canadians believe prosperity is rooted not only in economic freedom and   
   the power of the marketplace but also "respect for the rule of law, for   
   democracy and for human rights."   
      
   "As Canadians we cannot and should never ignore these principles while doing   
   business, they are not separate concerns."   
      
   Mr. Li, for his part, said China wants to buy more Canadian goods but, he   
   pointedly added, he'd like Ottawa to ease export restrictions on technology –   
   controls normally put in place for security reasons.   
      
   "I want to say that China has no intention to deliberately pursue a trade   
   surplus.  We are ready to buy marketable and competitive Canadian goods," Mr.   
   Li said, adding pointedly "We hope that Canada will ease restrictions on   
   high-tech exports to China."   
      
   Speaking further on the Garratts, Mr. Li said China respects the rule of law.   
      
   "I want to say that China is now building a country under the rule of law and   
   there is clear stipulation in the Chinese constitution that human rights must   
   be respected and protected."   
      
   Mr. Harper meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday. Mr. Xi is China's   
   most powerful politician.   
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