Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is heading to China at the end of the month for diplomatic talks on protecting nature and fighting climate change.
Minister’s visit follows trips by other world leaders
Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is heading to China at the end of the month for diplomatic talks on protecting nature and fighting climate change.
According to a statement from Guilbeault’s office, the minister will be in the country from Aug. 26 to Aug. 31 to attend the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED).
Guilbeault’s trip to China comes as the federal government and opposition parties continue to discuss the need for a public inquiry into China’s interference in Canadian democracy.
He’ll follow in the wake of other government officials and leaders from the United States, France, Germany and the European Commission who have visited China since Beijing lifted COVID-19 restrictions a couple of months ago.
Those restrictions led Canada to host the United Nations biodiversity conference (COP15) in Montreal — a conference that was supposed to be held in China.
“The whole world is being confronted by the triple crises of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss,” says a statement from Environment and Climate Change Canada. “These are crises that know no geopolitical borders and require urgent international cooperation.
“Addressing global environmental challenges requires China’s engagement.”
The news of Guilbeault’s trip was first reported by Radio-Canada and the National Observer.
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