Tibet: Saint-Jacques

Tibet Dept: OTTAWA - China's government barred Canada's new ambassador from visiting Tibet as desperate monks prolong their wave of self-immolation to protest Beijing's rule over the Himalayan plateau region, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Saint-Jacques took up his new post last fall, after succeeding retired diplomat David Mulroney, who in October 2011 was the last Canadian diplomat to set foot in Tibet and tibetan exiled politician Lobsang Sangay waits to appear at the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development Tuesday February 26, 2013 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld The Canadian Press confirmed that Guy Saint-Jacques, the career diplomat who has also been Canada's climate-change negotiator, was denied permission by Beijing when he requested entry to Tibet. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.