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Sangwidge
December 15, 2018 at 3:35 am
We, Canada, should have ignored Trump’s paranoia regarding Huawei and China’s success and let Ms. Meng go on to Beijing in the first place. Our authorities should have let her pass through Vancouver and go home, and told Trump and his mess of a government we missed her. We should let her go now. The USA wanted her in the first place. We should have nothing to do with this. Now two Canadians might never be seen again. We are stuck between two superpower bullies.