{"id":30554,"date":"2014-11-06T01:06:51","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T17:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=30554"},"modified":"2014-11-06T01:06:51","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T17:06:51","slug":"harpers-travel-marathon-gets-underway-with-trip-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/11\/06\/harpers-travel-marathon-gets-underway-with-trip-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Harper’s travel marathon gets underway with trip to China"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canada PM Stephen Harper. Photo courtesy of Harper’s official Facebook page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

OTTAWA — Air miles, anyone?<\/p>\n

Stephen Harper is about to launch into a travel adventure that’ll see the prime minister and his entourage travel more than 50,000 kilometres in less than two weeks.<\/p>\n

Harper departs today for China, where he will meet with government and business leaders, and attend the opening of the Asia Pacific Economic Summit.<\/p>\n

He’ll be at the APEC meeting just long enough for some quick handshakes before he ducks out the door and back to Canada for Remembrance Day ceremonies on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Once the events of Nov. 11 are complete, Harper jumps back onto his re-fuelled plane and heads for New Zealand, to be followed by a trip to Australia for a G20 meeting.<\/p>\n

Closer to the ground, here are some other events expected to take shape today in Ottawa:<\/p>\n

— To reinforce a human rights message with the prime minister bound for China, parliamentarians will renew the call on that country’s government to release pro-democracy activist Dr. Wang Bingzhang;<\/p>\n

— NDP Leader Tom Mulcair will rekindle the not-so-burning Ring of Fire chromite mining and smelting development project in northern Ontario before heading to a meeting of his party’s caucus;<\/p>\n

— And Imagine Canada chief economist Brian Emmett will discuss the evolving role of charities in Canada’s economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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