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Conduct Business: China and Application Deadline

conduct business: The government continues to promote the lucrative exchange program, which has a final application deadline of next Friday, even though it has elevated its travel advisory to China with a warning that Canadians are at risk of arbitrary enforcement of local laws, according to Vancouver Courier. David Mulroney, a former Canadian ambassador to China, said Taylor's remarks might have been well-intended but Canada simply can't continue to conduct business as usual with China. Sarah Taylor, the director-general of the north-Asia bureau at Global Affairs Canada, made the pitch for the 45-year-old Canada-China Scholarship Exchange Program during a Dec. 18 event at the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa.article continues below Trending Stories Rare sight Sea lion rips big fish apart in Fraser River in Vancouver PHOTOS No winning ticket for Friday night's 10 million Lotto Max jackpot Vancouver police officers tackle issue of women and gangs Two more measles cases in Vancouver My department is proud to support the CCSEP and is eager to see a broader representation of Canadians from across the country, at the university and college level, Taylor said in prepared remarks released under Canada's access-to-information law. It sends the message to the Chinese that, no matter what we say, we want the relationship to continue as if nothing had happened. Adam Austen, a spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, said Canada continues to call for the release of Kovrig and Spavor after their arbitrary detentions, but the exchange program is good for relations. I simply can't see us holding such an event with any other country if they were holding two of our citizens hostage, said Mulroney, who served as Canadian ambassador to China from 2009 and 2012. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.