Reply #8: Too Little [View All]

[CHIMO]

Too late.

Canada and China sign strategic partnership, discuss human rights
Last Updated Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:44:44 EDT
CBC News

In Ottawa Friday, China's President and Canada's Prime Minister announced a formal "strategic partnership" between the two countries, while officials signed a number of bilateral agreements on air and rail transport, food inspection, health research and nuclear R&D.

The two leaders pledged to double trade between Canada and China within 5 years, it's now around $30 billion a year. China is Canada's second-largest trading partner, after the United States.

The more than 1 million ethnic Chinese in Canada are the largest minority of Canada's 33 million people. With the fastest-growing economy in the world and the rapid urbanization of their homeland, the Chinese are hungry for more oil and natural resources, which Canada can provide.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/09/09/China_Canada20050909.html

The die has been cast. Any further movement by Canada would end up in melting the wax on the PM's wing's.