"The inevitability of China’s presence in our lives and the need to manage this reality is why Canadian trade union leaders are organizing delegations there." Huh? What bizarre logic.

"We also began to think through what approach Canada might take if it were to negotiate – whether a comprehensive deal as with NAFTA and CETA, or something more phased or with non-commercial elements.[sic]" Oops, you forgot the object of the verb 'negotiate'.

"We discussed security and human-rights concerns and commercial opportunities in areas such as agriculture and clean tech." For real?! "...human-rights concerns and commercial opportunities..." Let me translate: "discussed... the thousands tortured and killed every year by a kangaroo court system of justice in a country where you can get jailed for years or worse for writing a few sentences that the censors disapprove of, where you have no freedom of speech, movement, religion, etc., and opportunities like selling beans..."