Canada is "eyes wide open" on China, says defense minister

Canada is "eyes wide open" on China, says defense minister | GZERO World

Whatever happened to China's spy balloons? You might recall that a suspected one was shot down over the Yukon in Canada, although the terrain made it too hard to retrieve the debris.

Regardless, the crisis demonstrates the need for Ottawa to have an Indo-Pacific strategy and to be "eyes wide open" on China, Canada's Defense Minister Anita Anand tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

Unfortunately, for Anand that means "we are seeing the world become increasingly dark."

And what about TikTok? Canada has already banned the Chinese app on government devices — and the country's defense minister has done the same for her four kids.

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