What I said is about the party politics by Chinese consulates or Chinese ambassadors here in Canada. They use so-called “Chineseness” to lobby or to persuade the local Chinese Canadians to take sides on the real politics of China, to support their policies. The best example involves the national security law in Hong Kong. They try to mobilize as many social organizations as they can to post political statements in the Chinese newspapers, the Sing Tao Daily and Ming Pao Daily. They try to create confusion to say that the Chinese people—and I am using the Chinese people here in Canada—are supporting the national security law in Hong Kong. The new law is totally contrary to our Canadian values. Those Chinese Canadians are supporting a foreign government but they are living in Canada. The consulate tries to use these ideas and politics to make clear that the Chinese people living here in Canada also support the Beijing regime or the CCP. This is very tricky, you know.
On November 9th, 2020. See this statement in context.