00:00:00.000As reported elsewhere on True North, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney wants to hold China accountable for the coronavirus pandemic.
00:00:13.000The federal government of Justin Trudeau does not seem disposed to do anything like that.
00:00:19.000Jason Kenney said during a virtual conference with the Canadian American Business Council,
00:00:27.000I think the Chinese government played a significant role in the devastating public health and economic damage that is being experienced by the entire world.
00:00:39.000I do not think we should just forget this and walk past it.
00:00:44.000I think there is going to be, and there must be, a great reckoning for the role that China has played in this."
00:00:57.000U.S. President Donald Trump said much the same thing this week,
00:01:01.000and when asked if he had talked to Chinese President Xi, he said,
00:01:06.000I don't want to talk to him right now.
00:01:09.000Canada's position, as stated by Health Minister Patty Haddu, seems to be some level of praise for the government of the People's Republic of China, for its containment efforts.
00:01:23.000What she totally ignores in any of this is that when China realized the contagious potential of the virus epidemic in Wuhan,
00:01:33.000they closed all domestic air travel from Wuhan.
00:01:36.000They didn't want the virus in Beijing or Shanghai.
00:01:40.000But they didn't close international air travel from Wuhan.
00:01:44.000It is estimated that more than 4 million people flew out of Wuhan in the ensuing few weeks for all manner of global destinations,
00:01:54.000ensuring the virus infected the world.
00:01:58.000They had forcible quarantining of their own citizens, but didn't seem to care about what the coronavirus did to the rest of the world.
00:02:08.000They have much to answer for, whether or not the Prime Minister wants to admit it, and he should admit it.
00:02:17.000Not condemning this behavior is nothing short of malfeasance.
00:02:22.000But since the late 80s, at least, China has been too cozy with the Liberal Party of Canada.
00:02:29.000John Ray is an Executive Vice President for PowerCorp, which really controls the Liberal Party.