Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says Canada’s next ambassador to China must be a “professional diplomat” who is capable of safeguarding Canadian interests and standing up to the Chinese communist regime. “I think we need a professional diplomat that can be in Beijing to assert our interests, to make sure that our voice is heard, and that our voice is heard as a country,” O’Toole told The Epoch Times in an interview. O’Toole stressed having the right candidate to represent Canada, saying the two latest ambassadors, John McCallum and Dominic Barton, were not effective in the position due to their friendly terms with Beijing. McCallum accepted over $73,000 in trips to China sponsored by the regime or pro-Beijing business groups between 2008 and 2015 during his time as a Liberal MP, according to a 2018 Globe and Mail report. McCallum later became the minister of immigration, and then Canada’s ambassador to China—a …