China’s ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu has been summoned by Ottawa over concerns about the regime’s alleged foreign interference in Canadian federal elections in 2019 and 2021, officials said at the Commons Procedure and House Affairs committee (PROC).
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly was asked by Conservative MP Luc Berthold about whether her government has expelled diplomats for foreign interference activities in Canada.
“If there are ever Chinese diplomats that flout the Vienna Convention, then and there we will take action,” Joly said in response. “In the meantime, here’s what we’ve done: we have denied visas, we have castigated the Chinese ambassador on a number of occasions, we’ve made representations to Beijing directly, and we have attempted to protect Canadian staff on Chinese soil.”…