Canadian minister urged to quit Chinese government advisory body chaired by senior member of Politburo

News Snapshot:

Open this photo in gallery: Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault is headed to China in late August on a diplomatic mission to participate in the annual general meeting of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development.Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press The federal Conservatives are calling on Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault to resign his position on an advisory group to the Chinese government – a body chaired by a former chief of staff to President Xi Jinping – and to end Canadian funding to this organization that instructs Beijing on green development. The China Council for...