Conservatives Call on Liberals to Stop Payments to Chinese Infrastructure Bank

Conservative MP Michael Chong rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Dec. 10, 2020. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press

OTTAWA—The Conservatives are calling on the Liberal government to stop funding the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank given the ongoing detention and secret trials of two Canadians in China.

In a letter Tuesday to Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole urged the prime minister to cancel a US$40 million payment to the China-led agency.