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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Canada summons Chinese ambassador after MP and his family harassed

Mélanie Joly, Canada’s foreign affairs minister, at the UN in February.
Mélanie Joly, Canada’s foreign affairs minister, at the UN in February. Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP

Canada has summoned China’s ambassador as Justin Trudeau’s government considers expelling a Chinese diplomat accused of involvement in a harassment campaign against a MP lawmaker and his family in retaliation for the lawmaker’s criticisms of Beijing.

The foreign affairs minister, Mélanie Joly, told a parliamentary committee on Thursday that her office had summoned Chinese ambassador Cong Peiwu to express frustration over attempts to meddle in Canada’s domestic politics.

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