President Duterte again displayed a firm stance even against a big country like Canada when the welfare of the country is at stake.
One call, a stern warning that is, from President Duterte and Canada heeds to the call of propriety to pull out tons of garbage which was dumped in the Philippines from 2013 to 2014. The President earlier threatened to set sail to Canada and dump the garbage back there if they refused to resolve the issue.
President Duterte’s was immediately acted upon by the Canadian Embassy in Manila which reiterated Ottawa’s commitment to resolve the issue of garbage shipped to the Philippines in 2013. The embassy of Canada reiterated the commitment made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resolve the issue which necessarily includes taking the waste back to Canada.
Although there is no timeframe for the pullout of the garbage, the Canadian Embassy is working ut with Philippine counterparts to resolve the legal issues of the dumped waste which the former admitted to be an issue that is a bit complicated. However, the bottomline is that their government is honoring its commitment to take home the rubbish.
In 2017, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said legal restrictions have prevented the return of the waste to Canada. Among these issues is which party will pay for the shipment. More than a hundred container vans from Canada arrived in batches at the Port of Manila from 2013 to 2014. Initially declared to contain only plastic scraps, it was found to have non-recyclable plastics, household wastes and used adult diapers.
Canada and the Philippines share a long-standing relationship that has weathered 70 years. It cannot afford to just throw the friendship to the bin with this rubbish issue.
