Canada has updated its travel advice for citizens visiting China -- the first change since before tensions between the countries increased last month.
Global Affairs says on its website that Canadians are still advised to exercise a high degree of caution when visiting China -- which is unchanged.
But it now explains the warning is "due to the risk of arbitrary enforcement of local laws,'' the country's death penalty, as well as penalties for drug-related offences.
Meantime the family of a Canadian man sentenced to death in China says they are working with their M-P, Ed Fast, to ensure the government makes every effort to secure fair treatment for Robert Lloyd Schellenberg.
Earlier yesterday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed concern about China -- quote -- "acting arbitrarily'' by applying the death penalty to Schellenberg.
A Chinese court announced yesterday that it had given Schellenberg the death penalty after reconsidering his case.
Schellenberg was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2016 on charges of being an accessory to drug smuggling.