O’Toole Pushes Liberals to Demand Apology From Chinese Ambassador, Pull His Credentials

Ambassador of China to Canada Cong Peiwu speaks as part of a panel at the Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence in Ottawa on March 4, 2020. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole wants the Liberals to demand an apology from Chinese Ambassador Cong Peiwu for how he “publicly threatened” Canadians in Hong Kong and to withdraw Cong’s credentials.

“Last week the Chinese ambassador threatened 300,000 Canadians currently living in Hong Kong. He has offered no public apology and this government hasn’t demanded one,” O’Toole said in the House on Oct. 19.