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MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Barely a week after vowing to go to war with Canada over trash illegally dumped in the Philippines, President Duterte threatened to dump the garbage on Canada鈥檚 鈥渂eautiful beaches.鈥�

Speaking before young athletes and their parents at the opening of the 2019 Palarong Pambansa in Davao City, the President said the country was not a dumpsite for other nations鈥� garbage.

He was reading from his prepared speech when he veered off-topic upon saying the words, 鈥減atriotic fervor.鈥�

鈥淭ogether, let us nurture the talents and patriotic fervor of our youth so that鈥� See, patriotic fervor. There are about 200 containers there sent by Canada, we are being treated like a dumpsite,鈥� Duterte said Sunday afternoon.

Recalling his threat to ship back Canada鈥檚 garbage himself, he added: 鈥淚 will tell them to load it onto ships next week. If you don鈥檛 accept your garbage, I will dump it on your beautiful beaches.鈥�

Last week, the President threatened to 鈥渨age war鈥� on聽Canada聽if it would not retrieve containers of garbage shipped to Manila in 2013 and 2014.

Duterte vowed to sail to聽Canada to dump the trash himself, adding that he would dump five trucks of garbage at the聽Canadian聽embassy in Manila.

Canada聽vowed to resolve the matter amid a court order directing the importer to ship the trash back to聽Canada.聽Canada聽did not say when it would take back the garbage.

In response, Malaca帽ang said Canada鈥檚 reply was 鈥渜uick and vague鈥� and 鈥渘ot appropriate.鈥�

The Palace also stressed that the President鈥檚 demand was 鈥渘on-negotiable鈥� and that Canada鈥檚 inaction will endanger decades of bilateral relations with Manila.

On Sunday, Duterte reiterated that the Philippines was nobody鈥檚 garbage dump, and that Filipinos were not 鈥渟cavengers鈥� for other people鈥檚 trash.

鈥淒o not鈥� We are not a garbage dump. The Filipinos are not scavengers. And you do that to us as I am wont to do鈥� I鈥檓 like this, I will really offend you,鈥� the President added. /cbb