Canada joins US and allies in Beijing Olympics boycott
Dec 8, 2021, 11:07 AM
FILE: The logos of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are seen at the venue of Yanqing Ice Festival on February 26, 2021 in Beijing, China. The Festival comes at the final day of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
(Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
TORONTO (AP) — Canada is joining the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights concerns.
The announcement came after the White House, the Australian government and the UK government confirmed diplomatic boycotts of the Winter Olympics in February to protest Chinese human rights abuses.
China has vowed to react with “firm countermeasures.”
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has been in talks with allies about it in recent months. The diplomatic moves by Canada, the U.S., Britain and Australia do not affect their athletes’ ability to compete in the Winter Games.
