Why did Canadians have to learn that Ottawa had military talks with Beijing, from China?

By Global News

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After years of frosty diplomatic relations and accusations of foreign interference, the Carney government is trying to re-calibrate its relationship with the Chinese government. The latest move is reopening military talks between the two nations. “What’s significant is not that Canada is engaged in this dialogue — which it makes sense because we need diplomacy including with China to advance our interests — the significant part was there was no communication from the Canadian government and Canadians had to learn about this from China and from coverage that happened based on a statement from the Chinese government,” says Vina Nadjibulla, CEO at Centre for Strategic Statecraft. Nadjibulla adds, the federal government has since said they “don’t publicize working-level dialogue, that this was dialogue at the official level and that they didn’t think it mattered. But of course, given that it was the first such a dialogue in (eight) years and a lot has changed since 2018, it was obvious

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