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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the actions of Chinese pilots toward Canadian planes taking part in a United Nations mission “irresponsible and provocative.”

Speaking at a news conference on Monday, Trudeau condemned the actions of China toward Canadian planes that were taking part in a multilateral UN mission over the Pacific Ocean to enforce sanctions against North Korea.

“China’s actions are irresponsible and provocative and we will continue to register strongly that they are putting people at risk while at the same time not respecting decisions by the UN,” the prime minister said.

Last week, the Canadian military accused Chinese planes of not following international safety norms on several occasions and putting a Canadian crew at risk. A June 1 statement said the Chinese planes tried to divert a Canadian long-range patrol aircraft from its path, and that the crew had to change direction quickly to avoid a potential collision.

“Such interactions … are of concern and of increasing frequency,” the statement said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking at a news conference Monday, condemned the actions of China toward Canadian planes taking part in a UN mission over the Pacific Ocean to enforce sanctions against North Korea. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

The Canadian plane was deployed from April 26 to May 26 to join other countries in watching for fuel transfers between ships at sea that could be helping North Korea evade UN sanctions over its missile and nuclear tests. Chinese ships are suspected of taking part in the transfers. The U.S. and Japan have also participated in the surveillance.

China defended its military pilots on Monday, saying they acted properly and were protecting its sovereignty, following recent complaints by Canada and Australia that Chinese planes engaged in risky manoeuvres with their aircraft over the Pacific.

Defence Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian said China “swiftly took reasonable, forceful and professional measures in response to Canada’s provocative acts and unfriendly and unprofessional operations.”

Wu said in a statement that Canada has stepped up close reconnaissance of China under the pretext of implementing UN sanctions. He said Canada would bear responsibility for any serious consequences from what he called its risky and provocative acts.

A 2001 collision between a U.S. surveillance plane and a Chinese air force jet resulted in the death of the Chinese pilot and the 10-day detention of the U.S. aircrew by China.

Australia also critical of manoeuvres

In a separate incident, newly elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, on a visit to Indonesia on Monday, called the May 26 actions of a Chinese fighter jet a dangerous act of aggression against an Australian air force plane conducting aerial surveillance in the South China Sea.

In this undated file photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Defence, a Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location. Australia on Sunday said a Chinese J-16 fighter jet carried out dangerous manouevres, following a similar criticism from Canada. (Taiwan Ministry of Defence/The Associated Press)

The Chinese J-16 accelerated and cut in front of the Australian plane, releasing chaff with small bits of aluminum that was sucked into the latter’s engine, Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said Sunday.

China’s Defence Ministry has not commented on the incident.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said the Chinese military always conducts operations based on international law and practice and in a safe and professional manner.

“We urge Australia to respect China’s national security interests and major concerns, and to be cautious with its words and deeds so as to avoid a miscalculation that could cause serious consequences,” he said.

China claims numerous small islands and reefs in the South China Sea, and says the area around these outcroppings are its territorial waters and airspace. The waters are an important shipping lane for all countries in the region, including Australia, which along with the United States says it wants to ensure freedom of navigation through them.

Zhao said China would not allow any country to violate its sovereignty in the name of freedom of navigation.

He also accused Canada of spreading disinformation and said it should adopt a moderate and pragmatic policy toward China and take concrete steps to improve relations between the two.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian attends a news conference in Beijing on Sept. 10, 2020. This week, he said China would not allow any country to violate its sovereignty in the name of freedom of navigation. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)

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The head of the United Nations refugee agency says it is wise of Canada scale back the number of new refugees it plans to resettle, if that helps stabilize the housing market and avoid anti-immigration backlash. UNHCR Commissioner Filippo Grandi spoke to The Canadian Press during a visit to Ottawa a little more than a week after the federal government announced significant cutbacks to Canada’s immigration targets, including for refugees. (Nov. 5, 2024)



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Former world title contender Troy Amos-Ross headed to Boxing Canada Hall of Fame

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Twelve years after his last fight, former world title contender Troy (The Boss) Amos-Ross is headed to the Boxing Canada Hall of Fame.

Egerton Marcus, his cousin and 1988 Olympic silver medallist as a middleweight, is also being inducted.

Other inductees are Olympians Jamie Pagendam, Raymond (Sugar Ray) Downey, Howard Grant and Domenic (Hollywood) Filane, former amateur world champion Jennifer Ogg and former Olympic boxing coach Colin MacPhail.

“It’s incredible,” said the 49-year-old Amos-Ross, a former Canadian and Commonwealth cruiserweight champion. “I’m very happy to be part of that elite group.”

The induction class will be honoured Nov. 24 in Sarnia, Ont., during the Canadian amateur boxing championships.

Amos-Ross is already in the Ontario Boxing Hall of Fame and Brampton Sports Hall of Fame.

Born in Georgetown, Guyana, in 1975, Amos-Ross moved to Canada with his family in 1982. He was taught to box by his father Charles Ross, a former Guyana Olympian, and joined the Bramalea Boxing Club in 1986.

Amos-Ross competed for Canada as a light-heavyweight in both the 1996 and 2000 Olympics.

He finished sixth in ’96 in Atlanta, recording two wins before losing to eventual gold medallist Vassiliy Jirov of Kazakhstan in the quarterfinals. Four years later in Sydney, he was stopped by Nigeria’s Jegbefumere Albert in the round of 16.

He won bronze as a light-heavyweight at the 1999 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg.

Turning pro, he won 23 of his first 24 fights before losing to American Steve Cunningham in a fight for the vacant IBF world cruiserweight title in Neubrandenburg, Germany. Amos-Ross lost by fifth-round technical knockout when the doctor stepped in because of a cut round the Canadian’s eye.

Amos-Ross won two more fights before ending his career in a September 2012 loss to IBF cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernández in Bamberg, Germany. The German-based Cuban was awarded a 114-113, 115-112, 116-112 decision that drew derisive whistles from the crowd.

“I pretty much pumped the floor with him today,” Amos-Ross said at the time. “I know I won the fight because I put all my hard work into it. I’m too strong, too fast. I’m just a better boxer today … it’s a bad decision.”

In 2005 he won the Canadian cruiserweight title and, in 2007, the Commonwealth championship. In 2009, Amos-Ross also was the last man standing in Season 4 of the “The Contender,” an American TV series featuring 16 cruiserweights.

Amos-Ross retired with a 25-3-0 record (the other loss was a 2005 split-decision to American Willie Herring).

He remains active in the sport today, training former world champion Jean Pascal and Triston Brookes, who takes on Uruguayan Nestor Faccio on Saturday in Hamilton.

Amos-Ross also coaches amateur fighters at the Bramalea Boxing Club, working with his brother Shawn Amos-Ross to help Simran Takhar, Abdullah Ayub and Aayan Ahmad Khokhar to gold and Ibna Sharma to silver at last month’s Golden Gloves Provincial Championships in Windsor, Ont.

Amos-Ross is working on putting on training camps for kids aged 12 and over as far afield as South Africa and Hawaii.

“For me, it’s about giving back and also sharing the knowledge of boxing and sport,” he said.

“It’s to help them with physical education, get their body healthy,” he added. “A strong heart leads to a strong mind.”

Amos-Ross has always had more than a few strings to his bow.

He studied fashion design at George Brown College and had his own clothing company, Ross Wear, for a while.

He also acted in several movies, playing opposite Russell Crowe in “Cinderella Man” in 2005, “Resurrecting The Champ” in 2007, and portrayed Floyd Patterson in “Phantom Punch” in 2008 with Josh Hartnett and Samuel L. Jackson.

When not helping others excel in the ring, the father of two runs Mount Pleasant Montessori School in Brampton, a childcare centre for some 100 kids up to the age of six. Amos-Ross and his then-wife Alison McLean opened the facility in 2014 and still work together.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 5, 2024.



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