Thu Mar 23, 2023 – 12:07 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) –– Canadian MP Han Dong resigned from the Liberal Party last night only hours after a news report broke alleging that he had asked a Chinese diplomat in February 2021 to delay the release of two Canadians held captive by the Communist Chinese regime.
Yesterday afternoon, Global News broke a story reporting that two national security sources told them that Dong had in 2021 advised a Chinese diplomat that it would be of interest to the Liberal Party if they delayed the release of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who were imprisoned in a Chinese jail at the time.
After the story broke, Dong late Wednesday told the House of Commons that he would be stepping away from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party, and would be now sitting as an independent MP.
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Tensions between China and Canada have been running at all-time highs since the 2019 arrest of Meng Wanzhou, the CFO for Chinese tech company Huawei.
Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, or the “two Canadian Michaels,” for months were detained by the Chinese government in what most regarded as a retaliatory measure
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