Canada’s China Envoy McCallum Resigns at Request of Prime Minister Trudeau

John McCallum, Canada’s ambassador to China who came under fire for providing legal arguments in defense of arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, has resigned at the request of the prime minister.

John McCallum, then Canada’s ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, at a meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development in Ottawa on May 2, 2017. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

TORONTO—John McCallum, Canada’s ambassador to China who came under fire for providing legal arguments in defence of arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, has resigned at the request of the prime minister.

“Last night I asked for and accepted John McCallum’s resignation as Canada’s Ambassador to China,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement on Jan. 26.