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Poilievre calls for Liberals to dump Markham candidate over ‘deplorable’ comments

  • Conservative candidate Joe Tay fears for his safety and urges Liberal Leader Mark Carney to drop Paul Chiang after Chiang suggested people collect a bounty on him.
  • Chiang's comments resurfaced, prompting pressure on Carney, with a coalition of community groups demanding Chiang's candidacy be revoked.
  • Chiang apologized for his 'deplorable' comments, but Tay emphasized that 'no apology is sufficient' and condemned Chiang's remarks as legitimizing foreign interference.
  • NDP candidate Jenny Kwan described Chiang's comments as 'absolutely astounding' and an example of intimidation.
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Liberal, Conservative parties each lose a candidate over controversies

OTTAWA — Controversial statements from the past came back to haunt two major parties on the federal election trail this week, costing each a candidate.

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Michael Kempa: Not expelling Chiang sooner was Mark Carney’s first big mistake

The post Michael Kempa: Not expelling Chiang sooner was Mark Carney’s first big mistake appeared first on The Hub.

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It is astonishing – and reprehensible – that Paul Chiang remains a Liberal candidate

The Markham-Unionville MP called for his political opponent to be handed over to the Chinese consulate in exchange for a bounty

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China Election Interference – Parties Received Security Briefing Days Ago as SITE Monitors Threats to Conservative Candidate Joe Tay

Sam Cooper SITE says it is concerned about the Hong Kong bounty on Joe Tay and is monitoring the situation, but confirms intervention in the Chiang case is not within its powers Canada’s election threat monitoring body has confirmed that national party leaders received a classified security briefing late last week, as public concerns mount over threats tied to transnational repression and a widening controversy involving Liberal MP Paul Chiang’s…

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RCMP probing comments from Liberal Paul Chiang about Chinese bounty placed on Conservative

The RCMP is reviewing whether a Toronto-area Liberal candidate broke the law by suggesting people turn in a Conservative now running in a nearby riding to the Chinese consulate and collect a bounty.

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Mark Carney under pressure over Liberal MP's China bounty comments

Paul Chiang, a Liberal MP running for reelection, apologized for making the comments, saying they were "deplorable and a complete lapse of judgment."

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City News broke the news in Toronto, Canada on Sunday, March 30, 2025.
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