Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has raised the prospect of risk to Canadian diplomats and citizens in China should her government move too quickly to censure Chinese diplomats here for meddling in domestic affairs.
But Joly noted her department did deny a diplomatic visa to a Chinese official last fall, and it confirmed “diplomatic representations” were made with China’s ambassador to Canada on Feb. 24 — a meeting held as examples began piling up of how China allegedly attempted to insert itself into Canada’s political process.
Despite some of those examples directly implicating Chinese consular officials, no diplomats have been expelled from Canada, a fact the Conservatives have seized up repeatedly as an example of a lack of urgency by the Liberal government to address the issue. “If we have any form of clear evidence of any wrongdoing, we will send diplomats packing very, very, very quickly,” she said.
“Every time we make a decision about diplomats here on Canadian soil, that has a bearing on our diplomats in China, we need eyes and ears in China,” Joly said. The committee is made up of senators and MPs who have top-secret security clearance to review classified information.
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