MPs unanimously vote to probe Chinese envoy’s alleged targeting of Michael Chong


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Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - The House of Commons has unanimously asked a parliamentary committee to look into allegations that the Chinese government waged an intimidation campaign against Conservative member of Parliament Michael Chong. MPs voted Wednesday in favour of a motion the Conservatives tabled Monday to have the House procedural committee examine whether Chong's parliamentary privilege was violated by a foreign state. Canada expelled a Chinese diplomat this week over a newly surfaced 2021 report by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, which alleged that the Toronto consular officer sought to intimidate Chong and his relatives in Hong...