Now that Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig have been treated to the indignity of one-day sham trials in China on the 830th and 833rd day, respectively, of their vindictive abduction and imprisonment for crimes they clearly did not commit, it should not be too much to ask that Canadians confront the national humiliation attending to this turn of events. Read More
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Glavin: Canada's actions toward China grow more and more humiliating
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