There's been a lot of media hyperventilation about how the dastardly Chinese commies destroyed recycling programs in North America. The Globe and Mail's Nathan Vanderklippe has now exposed the commies as being behind the nasty garbage spat Canada is having with the Philippines.
Nathan dutifully plays his part in the media's ongoing China bashing campaign by pointing out that Duterte "escalated the dispute with Canada not long after returning from Beijing, which has itself mounted a high-intensity pressure campaign against Canada following the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wankzhou."
Not so fast, Nathan! The garbage dispute with Canada predates the election of Duterte by a couple of years. Here's a link to a 2014 National Post story on the matter. Five years ago we assured the Filipinos that we were working on it. That was two years before Duterte was elected and almost five before Meng Wanzhou's arrest, but our garbage is still over there.
Is it possible that the government of the Philippines is just fed up with our inaction?
Making China part of this story isn't news, it's propaganda.
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