Mr. Speaker, Warren Kinsella's offensive comments to the Chinese people have now gone international. Mainland Chinese media are reporting Mr. Kinsella's hurtful comments and half-hearted apology. The Liberal Party's top strategist's comments are quickly becoming an international embarrassment for Canada.
During these economic times, we cannot afford to needlessly offend a billion potential customers. We do not need to offend the world's most populous country.
We must show that the Liberal Party's top strategist's views are not acceptable to the Canadian people. The Liberal leader should immediately write the Chinese ambassador to apologize and affirm that Canada respects China, and the Leader of the Opposition must finally act and fire his top political strategist, Mr. Warren Kinsella.
[Member spoke in Chinese and provided the following translation:]
The Liberal Party has hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and offended our community.