Trudeau Dodges Questions on Han Dong’s Call With Chinese Official, Eligibility to Rejoin Liberals

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dodged questions about MP Han Dong after an intelligence report presented at the foreign interference inquiry said Mr. Dong advised a Chinese official on the two Michaels’ detention in China. “Foreign interference is a real challenge,” responded Mr. Trudeau when asked by reporters about the information and whether it changes his opinion of Mr. Dong’s fitness for caucus. When pressed by reporters about not having answered the question, Mr. Trudeau said “obviously, these are ongoing conversations that need to be taken very seriously.” Mr. Dong left the Liberal caucus in March 2023 after Global News reported on an intelligence leak alleging in 2021 Mr. Dong and the Chinese consul general in Toronto discussed the case of Canadian diplomats Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who were held captive in China in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wangzhou....