A Toronto Chinese-Canadian group that recently received over $160,000 in federal funding has been working as communist China’s mouthpiece, denouncing a parliamentary motion against Beijing’s abuse of Uyghur minorities in Xinjiang. The National Post first reported the statement released last week by the Council of Newcomer Organizations (CONCO), which condemned a House of Commons motion passed unanimously last month that designates the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) treatment of Uyghurs and other ethnic Muslims as a genocide. In its Chinese-language statement, CONCO said the motion was the result of MPs’ “ignorance and prejudice” toward China and that it would cause “far-reaching” damage on the two countries’ relations. In response, Conservative MP Michael Chong, who sponsored the Uyghur-genocide motion, said that while federally funded groups are free to criticize anyone they want, the CONCO case shows how the Liberal government is “willfully naïve” about China’s influence. “It’s clear from the evidence that the leadership …

A Toronto Chinese-Canadian group that recently received over $160,000 in federal funding has been working as communist China’s mouthpiece, denouncing a parliamentary motion against Beijing’s abuse of Uyghur minorities in Xinjiang. The National Post first reported the statement released last week by the Council of Newcomer Organizations (CONCO), which condemned a House of Commons motion passed unanimously last month that designates the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) treatment of Uyghurs and other ethnic Muslims as a genocide. In its Chinese-language statement, CONCO said the motion was the result of MPs’ “ignorance and prejudice” toward China and that it would cause “far-reaching” damage on the two countries’ relations. In response, Conservative MP Michael Chong, who sponsored the Uyghur-genocide motion, said that while federally funded groups are free to criticize anyone they want, the CONCO case shows how the Liberal government is “willfully naïve” about China’s influence. “It’s clear from the evidence that the leadership …