Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told the House of Commons on May 4 that the federal government is assessing the possible “consequences” from Beijing that could arise if Canada expels a Chinese diplomat who targeted a Conservative MP and his family in 2021.
“What we’re doing right now, as a government, is we’re assessing the consequences that we’ll be facing in case of diplomatic expulsion because there will be consequences,” she told the Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Joly added that Canadians should recall when Beijing arbitrarily detained two Canadians—Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor—for more than three years, shortly after Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. warrant to have her extradited on fraud charges….