Election Outcomes for Candidates or Ridings in Beijing’s Crosshairs

Joe Tay, a democracy advocate who moved from Hong Kong to Canada, is seen in a file photo. He was a candidate for the Conservative Party in the Ontario riding of Don Valley North, but lost to the Liberal candidate.Courtesy of Joe Tay

Some of Beijing’s top critics in Parliament were re-elected this week, but a Conservative candidate said by authorities to be targeted by a Chinese regime operation lost his bid to sit in the House of Commons.

There is no evidence so far that Joe Tay fell short because of the Chinese regime’s efforts, but in the lead-up to the vote, election security officials had warned he was the victim of a transnational repression operation.