“I want the government to answer a yes-or-no question about whether the foreign affairs minister asked China's permission to release a secret agreement. I think Canada shouldn't have secret police agreements with China.”
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Foreign Affairs: MPs discussed a police cooperation agreement between Canada and China, which was apparently signed behind closed doors. The Liberal minister defended the agreement, saying such agreements have existed since 2010 and Canada always follows its intelligence agencies' advice.