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

Liberal Leader Mark Carney speaks with media on Parliament Hill following a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations and National Security in Ottawa on March 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

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.