Joly weighs Chinese retaliation over expelling diplomat who CSIS says targeted MP
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Thursday she requested that China’s ambassador to Canada be summoned over the affair, saying that outright expulsion is an option on the table.
In an interview that aired on CTV’s “Power Play” on Thursday, Chong said he was told that the diplomat was trying to collect information about his family members in the People’s Republic of China. “We’re assessing the consequences that we’ll be facing in case of diplomatic expulsion, because there will be consequences,” Joly warned.The minister raised China’s 2018 detention of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, which was widely seen as retaliation for the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Beijing also limited Canadian imports such as canola at the time.
“Once again, China strongly urges the Canadian side to immediately stop this self-directed political farce, and not go further down the wrong and dangerous path. Should the Canadian side continue to make provocations, China will play along every step of the way until the very end,” said Cong.
The government has noted that in 2021, CSIS briefed Chong after China publicly said it would sanction him for criticizing Beijing’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang province. The agency never told Chong about any threats. “Should the Canadian side continue to make provocations, China will play along every step of the way until the very end.”
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