Why is this diplomat still here? Article 9 of the Vienna Convention is clear. Article 9 says that the government can declare a diplomat persona non grata for no reason. The article is clear, so why is this diplomat still here? This is a diplomat who has more rights and immunities than the Canadians around this table and who can go around and conduct his foreign interference threat activities.
He has diplomatic immunity. He cannot be criminally prosecuted. We all remember the drunk-driving case of the Russian diplomat who mowed down and killed a Canadian citizen. Former minister Manley was unable to do anything about it.
You have given accreditation to a diplomat here who is using his diplomatic immunity to target not only me and my family but also other members of Parliament. Why do you, Minister, continue to allow this diplomat to be accredited in this country on Canadian soil? That is the question, and you haven't answered the question.