Canada Spent Nearly $6 Million on Chinese Contracts Since Arrest of ‘2 Michaels’

Conservative MP John Williamson rises uring Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Canada, on April 13, 2021. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

Canada has awarded nearly $6 million in contracts to China-based firms since Beijing’s arbitrary detention of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, according to Conservative MP John Williamson.

First reported by Blacklock’s, Williamson, through an inquiry on March 10, received reports showing that federal departments and agencies issued $5.8 million in contracts to firms based in China or owned by firms based there between 2019 and 2020.