Here is an Invidious link for the video (6 min.) (original is here)
Former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland doubts the effectiveness of Canada’s trade agreement with China, saying China should not be trusted.
“China today, when it talks to countries like Canada - and I would personally say this is sad - is casting itself as the reliable partner…my own view is we need to be a little bit skeptical of commitments from China.”
“A lot of Canadians are now coming to the conclusion that Beijing can be trusted more than Washington. I think that’s really sad … and it is [also] not in the national American interest.”
…
Canada’s trade with EU countries and similar like-minded democracies in the Indo-Pacific is extremely low, there is a lot of potential. China will use any leverage in the future for political and economic coercion. China doesn’t necessarily need an ‘amphibious landing in Vancouver.’