Chinese Fighter Jets’ Harassment in International Airspace ‘Extremely Troubling,’ Trudeau Says

Chinese Fighter Jets’ Harassment in International Airspace ‘Extremely Troubling,’ Trudeau Says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks about Budget 2022 highlights on housing investments from a podium in a backyard in Hamilton on April 8, 2022. Peter Power/The Canadian Press
Noé Chartier
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The repeated harassment of a Canadian military plane by Chinese fighter jets in the North Pacific is “extremely troubling,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.

The Department of National Defence (DND) confirmed media reporting earlier this week that its surveillance plane taking part in a mission to monitor U.N. sanctions evasion by North Korea was regularly harassed while flying sorties in the region during a four-week mission last month.
Noé Chartier
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Noé Chartier is a senior reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times. Twitter: @NChartierET
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