Tories Ask Foreign Minister Joly to Address Interference, Human Rights With Beijing During China Visit

Published on July 18, 2024

The Conservatives have released a long list of issues the party says should be addressed with Beijing as Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly visits China, including interference issues and human rights violations. “I hope she raises Canadians’ anger with the PRC [People’s Republic of China] messing around in our elections,” Conservative MP and foreign affairs critic Michael Chong wrote in a July 18 social media post. His post included a quote from the interim report of the ongoing Foreign Interference Commission. The cited quote says it’s “significant” that Beijing could have played a role in the 2019 Liberal nomination contest. It also says some ridings were potentially affected by foreign interference....

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