Personal Financial Interest Behind Chrétien's Backing of China
Former prime minister Jean Chrétien's criticism of Canada's current China policy reflects his personal financial interest in clients who do business there, not Canada's interest, Conservative cabinet minister Jason Kenney says. And Mr. Kenney, the Secretary of State for Multiculturalism, asserted that when he was in office, Mr. Chrétien's China policy was influenced by his post-politics business plans, and the interests of rich and powerful friends.