China Is the Hidden Issue in Canada’s Upcoming Election

Canada’s federal election is on April 28. How leaders might manage an erratic White House is a major campaign theme; repairing the economy after nearly a decade of disastrous mismanagement under Justin Trudeau is another. One issue that deserves more attention, however, is how the next prime minister will deal with China and what is going on in the electoral district of Markham-Unionville, in the Greater Toronto Area.

In January, the sitting Liberal member of Parliament for Markham-Unionville, Paul Chiang, told Chinese-language media that if his Conservative rival Joe Tay were elected, there would be “great controversy.” That’s because Hong Kong police had earlier put an approximately $130,000 bounty on six Canadians, including Tay, a Hong Kong democracy activist and critic of the Chinese government, for violating Hong Kong’s infamous national security law.

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Canada’s federal election is on April 28. How leaders might manage an erratic White House is a major campaign theme; repairing the economy after nearly a decade of disastrous mismanagement under Justin Trudeau is another. One issue that deserves more attention, however, is how the next prime minister will deal with China and what is going on in the electoral district of Markham-Unionville, in the Greater Toronto Area.

In January, the sitting Liberal member of Parliament for Markham-Unionville, Paul Chiang, told Chinese-language media that if his Conservative rival Joe Tay were elected, there would be “great controversy.” That’s because Hong Kong police had earlier put an approximately $130,000 bounty on six Canadians, including Tay, a Hong Kong democracy activist and critic of the Chinese government, for violating Hong Kong’s infamous national security law.