Commentary
The Liberal government finally expelled Chinese consulate official Zhao Wei last week when it became virtually impossible not to.
With mounting evidence that Zhao had put the family of Conservative MP Michael Chong under surveillance in Hong Kong, even Prime Minister Justin Trudeau understood he needed to do something to indicate Canada’s official diplomatic disapproval that China cannot continue to interfere in Canadian politics—and elections—without any sanction.
However, as is becoming increasingly obvious, the government was only willing to act because Zhao’s activities were not just being documented by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) but by the Canadian media….