Fri Aug 18, 2023 – 9:24 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – One of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s top cabinet members accepted an invite to go to China for an official state visit despite the ongoing fallout from Beijing’s meddling in Canada’s elections that drew the ire of some Canadian Conservative politicians.
Environment Minister Stephen Guilbeault will attend the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCIED), according to a Radio Canada report, and serve as “vice chair” in climate change talks with the Communist Chinese Regime.
The conference takes place from August 28 to 30.
The news of Guilbeault’s trip to China was immediately blasted by top Conservative party politicians.
“Trudeau’s Minister is flying off to hang out with the same regime that interfered in our elections. He’s also sending this Beijing-controlled group more than $16M of your tax dollars!” former Conservative leader Andrew Scherr posted yesterday on X (formerly Twitter).
Alberta United Conservative Party leader and Premier Danielle Smith also took a shot at Guilbeault’s trip to China, especially considering her ongoing battle with him and Trudeau over the planned forced implementation of extreme “green” environmental electricity regulations.
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