Canada establishing stronger trade agreements with China, and others in Asia Pacific on an bilateral basis, is a sound and smart strategic move. The Trudeau government deserves full support. These agreements will not be easy and may take some time, but we should proceed with full force nevertheless. 

I have been to China a dozen times from 2000 to 2010, from big cities to the inner more backward regions. You can see both great wonders and challenges. The people are hard working, smart and hopeful. Some old minds in the west do not like their form of government, but this is a Chinese matter. China is not trying to impose their institutions onto any foreign countries, unlike the U.S. The U.S. started numerous wars in the 20th centuries purely because it did not like a foreign country ideology or institutions. Smack of racism and hubris combined. China is not like the Muslim regions, backward and exporter of so much trouble. China exports a fantastic range of world class products.