Ottawa is urged to revoke the broadcasting licence to a Chinese state media, with Tory MP Michael Chong calling to question its spreading of disinformation and violation of international human rights.
Such questionable conduct by the China Global Television Network (CGTN), the English version of the Beijing-run China Central Television (CCTV), includes the airing of pretrial confessions of Simon Cheng, a former employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong, Chong said on Feb. 6 during a House committee on Canada-China relations, citing a Financial Times report.
“As a result, Ofcom, the United Kingdom’s equivalent of the CRTC, yanked the broadcaster’s licence off [CGTN’s] airwaves. So why hasn’t your government done the same based on the advice from CSIS?” Chong asked Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino….