Mulroney tells government to send Chrétien to China to win release of detainees
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Former prime minister Brian Mulroney says the government should enlist another former prime minister to lead a delegation to China to win the release of two imprisoned Canadians. Mulroney tells The Canadian Press that Jean Chri(C)tien should be accompanied by his son-in-law Andre Desmarais, one of the top executives of Montreal's Power Corporation. Mulroney says Chri(C)tien and Desmarais are well connected in China and could get a deal done to break Canada's impasse with the People's Republic. Ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig and entrepreneur Michael Spavor are under arrest in China, facing allegations of espionage and endangering national security. Many see their imprisonment as retribution for Canada's decision to arrest Chinese high-tech scion Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. extradition request.