This is Part Two of Cuba Business Report’s interview with Mark Entwistle, the former Canadian ambassador to Cuba from 1993 to 1997 and co-founder and co-managing director of Acasta Cuba Capital Inc. Part One of this interview, “Facts and Knowledge are the Antidote to Threat,” can be found here. Cuba Business Report: What do you think about Canada’s response to Helms Burton? Was the Canadian government’s response adequate for protecting Canadian businesses against the extraterritorial reach of the American legislation? Mark Entwistle: I think that the Canadian Government’s response to the recent ratcheting up of Helms-Burton and its extraterritorial reach has been correct. In 2019 there has not been the level of political intensity in expressing the need to protect Canadian sovereignty and the global…
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