Filipino President Duterte Threatens ‘War’ if Canada Does Not Take Trash Back

Filipino President Duterte Threatens ‘War’ if Canada Does Not Take Trash Back
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in Quezon City, Philippines, on Oct. 26, 2017. Duterte is threatening to sail to Canada soon to return tonnes of trash. Reuters/Dondi Tawatao
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Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte threatened Tuesday to set sail to Canada next week to return garbage dumped in the Philippines several years ago.

“I want a boat prepared. I'll give a warning to Canada maybe next week that they better pull that thing out or I will set sail to Canada and dump the trash there,” Duterte said, according Philippine News Agency, the government’s online newswire service.