Andrew Scheer Calls for Emergency House Debate Over Beijing’s Threatening of Tory MP’s Family

Conservative MP Michael Chong rises during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa March 21, 2023. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

Conservative Party House Leader Andrew Scheer is calling for an emergency debate in the House of Commons regarding Beijing’s reported threatening of a Tory MP’s family members living in Hong Kong, which Scheer says the Trudeau government knew about but did nothing.

Scheer informed House Speaker Anthony Rota on May 1 in a letter that he will be calling for the emergency debate on the morning of May 2, saying that the House “must address the latest report in Beijing’s interference in our democracy at the earliest opportunity possible.”