Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to comments made by China's ambassador that allegations of genocide against the authoritarian regime were the "lie of the century" on Wednesday.
While the entirety of the Canadian parliament sans the Trudeau Cabinet voted in favour of declaring the situation in Xinjiang against the Turkic minority a genocide, the prime minister again avoided the term, saying that there were "significant concerns."
WATCH: Trudeau once again refuses to call China's treatment of Uyghurs a "genocide".
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He adds that Canada takes the "very credible reports" of human rights abuses in China "very seriously." pic.twitter.com/RroqWZ091r
While saying that reports of human rights abuses were "very credible," Trudeau said that more work needed to be done with allies to get "clear answers" before "holding to account those responsible."
"This is something that is much better done on a multilateral basis, over the past many years, including a couple of occasions directly to Chinese leadership, we have expressed our deep concern for the Uyghurs," said Trudeau.
Trudeau also firmly said that the situation with Canada's two Michaels were arrested in retaliation for Canada's arrest of Huawei tech royalty Meng Wanzhou.
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