[Mitchell]

I wonder if any Chinese health authorities did their training in Canada.
They seem to have a similar code of conduct and respect for the public's 'right to know' .

In spite of your generally acerbic statements about Canada, one can't equate the left-wing statist politics in Canada with the barbarism of China. Of course, one's expectations and standards are higher for a Western democracy.

[Dec31,1999]

Which western countries are democratic, as opposed to representative republics?

A democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what's best to have for dinner.

[Allan]

one's expectations and standards are higher for a Western democracy.

Canada is not a democracy.
Freedom of speech is a requirement of a democracy.
As for barbarism
I know a little about that as well
I went to public school in Canada.