MP goes to Taiwan, embassy condemns trip

A Canadian MP is on route to Taiwan to assert “Canadian sovereignty” in the face of what he called is a warning from China’s ambassador to Canada against members of parliament visiting the island. Conservative MP Michael Chong will meet with Taiwanese leaders next week. China’s embassy has already condemned the trip, arguing it contravenes a “red line for China-Canada relations.” Chong, the Conservative shadow foreign affairs minister, said the travel serves two purposes. Firstly, he wrote on X, “to show solidarity with a democracy at the front lines of intimidation” from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). “Second,” he…