The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that the remarks by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Mark Carney ahead of their meeting in South Korea last week were shockingly revealing about Canada's newfound kowtowing to China. Guest columnist Charles Burton writes there is a lot more being discussed than Ottawa lifting tariffs on Chinese EVs and steel in exchange for China removing tariffs on canola and seafood, whether Canada realizes it or not. As an updated barometer of the relationship, Mr. Xi's terse statement at the meeting made it clear that Canada is a supplicant to the Middle Kingdom, that we have been wrong and will change our ways. "The Chinese side is willing to work with the Canadian side to push China-Canada relations back onto the correct track of sound, stable, and sustained development at an early date," Mr. Xi said. Mr. Carney, in subordinate mode, echoed the Chinese messaging, promising "pragmatic and constructive" engagement. "Constructive and pragmatic" is Beijing propaganda code. What it means is, in return for access to our markets, you shall not China for interfering with Canada's democratic processes or its repressions in Hong Kong or its aggression in the South China Sea.