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Saturday 18 January 2020
Canada provides money to families after plane shot down

By ROB GILLIES the statement reads. "Min-
Associated Press ister Zarif expressed his sup-
TORONTO (AP) — Prime port for Iran continuing to
Minister Justin Trudeau said work with Canada and all
Friday his government will grieving nations in these re-
give Canadian $25,000 spects."
(US$19,122) to the families Canada suspended dip-
of each of the 57 citizens lomatic relations with Iran
and 29 permanent resi- in 2012, but Trudeau and
dents of Canada who died Canada's foreign minister
in the downing of a Ukraini- have been in touch with
an jetliner in Iran last week. their Iranian counterparts
Trudeau said he still ex- since the plane was shot
pects Iran to compensate down. Iran downed the
the families but added flight as it braced for pos-
that they need help now sible American retaliation
for funerals, travel to Iran after firing ballistic missiles
and bills. He said any mon- at two bases in Iraq hous-
ey Iran provides at a later ing U.S. forces. The missile
date will go straight to the attack, which caused no
families and will not be re- Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives at a press conference at the National Press Theatre U.S. casualties, was a re-
imbursed to the Canadian in Ottawa, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. sponse to the killing of Iran's
government. Associated Press top general. Trudeau has
"I want to be clear, we ex- called the downing a Ca-
pect Iran to compensate have been significantly Barthe added that it is up Oman on Friday. nadian tragedy because
these families," Trudeau damaged and Iran does to Iran, which is in charge A statement from Cham- 138 of the passengers were
said. "But I have met them. not have the expertise or of the investigation, to de- pagne's office said the headed for Canada. He
They can't wait weeks. They equipment needed to look cide the matter. two discussed the need to confirmed for the first time
need support now." at them. He said France Trudeau said no remains provide consular services that those included 29 per-
Asked if the U.S. bears any has a lab that can do it. He of Canadian victims have to assist in ensuring victim manent residents of Cana-
responsibility after President said there is a need to do it returned to Canada yet identification and the im- da. They included students,
Donald Trump ordered the as quickly as possible. but he expects that to start portance of a transparent newlyweds, doctors and
killing of Gen. Qassem So- The spokesman for the happening in the coming investigation. parents. The youngest was
leimani, Iran's top general, French accident inves- days. "The Ministers also discussed a 1-year-old girl.
in a U.S. airstrike in Bagh- tigating bureau, or BEA, Trudeau held the news the need for a transparent Top diplomats from the
dad, Trudeau said Iran said it has no information conference in Ottawa analysis of the black box countries who had victims
bears full responsibility for about eventually obtaining after Canadian Foreign data, to which Iran agreed. met in London on Thursday
having shot down a civil- the demolished airplane's Minister François-Philippe In addition, they discussed to demand Tehran accept
ian airline with 176 people black boxes, the voice Champagne met his Ira- the duty Iran has towards "full responsibility" and pay
aboard. The prime minister and data recorders, to nian counterpart, Moham- the families of the victims – compensation to the vic-
also said the "black boxes" decipher them. Sebastien mad Javad Zarif, in Muscat, including compensation," tims' families.q
CFO lawyers say her alleged

crimes no crime in Canada

Iran. Huawei is China's first tions against Meng meet Canada would not be
global tech brand and the extradition test of concerned that Huawei's
Beijing views her case as a "double criminality" mean- relationship with Skycom
political move designed to ing if they had occurred could trigger sanctions
prevent China's rise. Canada, they would be risk," the documents say.
"This is a case of U.S. sanc- criminal under Canadian Meng made a brief court
tions enforcement mas- law. Defense lawyers dis- appearance Friday where
querading as Canadian pute that claim, arguing lawyers discussed addi-
fraud," say defense docu- it's not illegal in Canada to tional court dates. The first
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, who is out on ments released Friday. do business with Iran. stage of the extradition
bail and remains under partial house arrest after she was Meng was arrested at the "Canada not only permits hearing dealing is expect-
detained last year at the behest of American authorities, Vancouver airport in late banks to do business with ed to last five days.
leaves B.C. Supreme Court following a case management 2018 at the request of the Iran-based entities, it en- Meng is free on bail of
hearing, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, in Vancouver, British Columbia. U.S. government. Ameri- courages them to do to," and is living in one of the
Huawei
Associated Press can prosecutors allege she the documents say. two Vancouver mansions
By JIM MORRIS crimes under Canadian made misrepresentations The documents point she owns. Beijing detained
Associated Press law. The extradition hear- to foreign banks, includ- out the prosecution has former two Canadians, ex-
VANCOUVER, British Co- ing for Huawei chief finan- ing London-based HSBC, argued Meng's action diplomat Michael Kovrig
lumbia (AP) — Defense cial officer Meng Wanzhou about Huawei's relation- have caused HSBC to be and businessman Michael
lawyers argue a senior is scheduled to begin Mon- ship with its Iran-based af- placed at risk of finan- Spavor, in late 2018 in an
executive of the Chinese day. Meng, the daughter filiate Skycom. cial prejudice for offering apparent attempt to pres-
tech giant Huawei should of the company's founder, Last week, the Canadian banking service to Huawei sure Canada to release
not be extradited to the faces charges of com- Department of Justice re- and Skycom because of Meng. They have not had
U.S. because her actions mitting fraud to try and leased documents sup- U.S. sanctions. access to lawyers or their
would not be considered evade U.S. sanctions on porting its case the allega- "Simply put, a bank in families.q