Carney Rejects Calls to Remove Liberal Candidate Who Suggested Handing Over Rival to China

The Commission identified the Chinese regime as the “most active perpetrator” of foreign interference in Canada

Epoch Times -- Michael Barrett

News in Brief—News Headlines | March 31, 2025

Liberal Leader Mark Carney said Liberal candidate and incumbent MP Paul Chiang had a “terrible lapse in judgment” by suggesting a rival Tory candidate should be handed over to China, but he will nonetheless remain on the Liberal ticket.

“He’s made his apology; he made it to the public, he made it to the individual concerned, made it directly to me, and he’s going to continue with this candidacy,” Carney said during a March 31 campaign event in Vaughan, Ont. ---More...

Carney’s candidate said that a Canadian citizen should be turned over to Beijing for a cash bounty.

Yet, Carney says his candidate is a “person of integrity”

If Carney won’t fire his candidate to stand up for Canadians threatened by Beijing, he will never stand up for Canada. pic.twitter.com/qvQo04yvry
— Michael Barrett (@MikeBarrettON)March 31, 2025

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