Former Liberal PM Paul Martin: Trudeau is striking right balance with U.S., China
TORONTO — Canada should work to strengthen its ties with China and other countries while ensuring it maintains a good relationship with the United States, former prime minister Paul Martin said Tuesday.
While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has sought to deepen Canada’s ties to China, he’s also building a relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump who has taken an anti-China stance in many of his comments.
“The Trudeau government should do exactly what it’s doing, which is to look to our needs,” Martin said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
“And our needs require, obviously, that we have good relationships with the United States and, obviously, that we should establish sound relations with other countries — including China.”