As for the prime minister, he is defender of a free press, unless it is reporting on his government
that alleged that Liberal MP Han Dong advised a Chinese diplomat to delay the release of the Canada’s “Two Michaels” from Chinese prisons. However, he downplayed the fact that Han Dong’s run for Parliament wasn’t squeaky clean: “Irregularities were observed with Mr. Dong’s nomination in 2019, and there is well-grounded suspicion that the irregularities were tied to the PRC Consulate in Toronto, with whom Mr. Dong maintains relationships.
“In reviewing the intelligence, I did not find evidence that Mr. Dong was aware of the irregularities or the PRC Consulate’s potential involvement in his nomination,” Johnston wrote. “The Prime Minister … concluded there was no basis to displace Mr. Dong as the candidate for Don Valley North. This was not an unreasonable conclusion based on the intelligence available to the Prime Minister at the time.
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