Canada's agriculture sector suffered when China imposed restrictions on Canadian canola, pork and beef imports during the dispute involving Chinese high-tech executive Meng Wanzhou, and Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

"Canada should not be sending its athletes to compete there while a genocide is being committed against Uyghurs, and two Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, remained detained."

He added that Canada is working with its allies, including the United States, to secure the release of both Spavor and fellow Canadian Michael Kovrig, though he refused to provide details.

The two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, were kept in harsh conditions for over 1,000 days, until Meng was returned to China.

The poll observed that sentiment against the Chinese regime continues even after the freeing of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig—an apparent act of “hostage diplomacy” by Beijing in exchange for the release of Huawei’s chief financial officer

He also warned that China’s hostage diplomacy has not ended with the recent release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, the two Canadians who were detained by Chinese authorities in Dec. 2018 shortly after Canada arrested Huawei senior executive Meng

Chinese police took two Canadians hostage, named Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, just days after the Meng detention.

Sima said the government must also do more for  Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who have been arbitrarily detained in China since December 2018.

Some high-profile cases include Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who until last September, were held in Chinese prison and deprived of access to family, counsel, media, and an independent judiciary.

“We join our partners in calling on Beijing to immediately release the two arbitrarily detained Canadians, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig,” Blinken wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.

Spavor and Michael Kovrig from detention in China.

Canada has awarded nearly $6 million in contracts to China-based firms since Beijing’s arbitrary detention of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, according to Conservative MP John Williamson.

President Joe Biden said the United States will work with Canada to help secure the release of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who are currently detained in China.

Communist China Canada’s relationship with China has soured in recent years, particularly after the CCP arbitrarily detained Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor on Dec. 10, 2018.

Trudeau has rejected that idea, saying Meng's case will go on without interference from politicians even though two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, are imprisoned in China in what Canada sees as retaliation.

Shortly after Meng’s arrest, the Chinese regime arbitrarily detained two Canadians, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, on charges of espionage, a move widely seen as a retaliation against Canada.

Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who are spending their 798th day in Chinese prisons today.

Days later, Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were detained in China in what was widely seen as a case of “hostage diplomacy” by Beijing.

O’Toole said Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig "have been held hostage" by China for more than two years, arbitrarily detained in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a top Huawei executive on the request of the United States.  

Nine days later, after Beijing issued strongly worded warnings to Canada demanding Meng’s release, Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were detained in China.

Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were arbitrarly detained in China in December 2018, shortly after Canada arrested Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver at the behest of the U.S. government.

Soon after Meng’s arrest, Beijing detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor on baseless charges of espionage activities. The two have been held in China since December 2018.

Champagne reiterated that the immediate release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor remains a top priority for the Government of Canada. Beijing has prevented Canadian officials from seeing the two men.

Spavor and Canadian Michael Kovrig were detained in China in December 2018 and were formally charged with spying in June 2020.

The fact that a federal shipbuilding contract ended up going to a Chinese state-owned conglomerate is “unbelievable,” especially when Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor continue to be arbitrarily imprisoned in China, says Conservative

However, when the CCP detained two Canadian citizens, former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor, for more than 1,000 days, it heightened the concerns among Canadians about CCP activities.

The level of support for a boycott remains the same as in a survey conducted by Research Co. in August, when Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were still imprisoned in China.

A poll done by Nanos following the dramatic release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor concluded that 76 percent of Canadians want Chinese tech giant Huawei banned from participating in Canada’s 5G infrastructure.

Ottawa’s Indo-Pacific strategy emerged in the aftermath of its three-year diplomatic freeze with China once Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig returned safely to Canada in September.

A hearing for Michael Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat, has been scheduled for Monday.