The survey was conducted prior to the March 22 resignation of former Liberal MP Han Dong over allegations that he had advised Chinese diplomats on delaying the release of Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig during the Meng Wangzhou affair

the senator asked, referencing how Beijing arbitrarily detained two Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig back in 2018 for nearly three years.

The Tory leader also noted that China has executed four Canadian citizens in recent days and previously took Canadians "hostage," in an apparent reference to Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

The Canadian Kovrig was working for the International Crisis Group out of Hong Kong when he, along with fellow Canadian national Michael Spavor, were taken into custody in China in December 2018.

The Canada–China relationship has deteriorated amid conflicts, including Canada’s arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and China’s subsequent detention of two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, widely regarded as retaliatory hostage diplomacy

Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who had been detained for over a thousand days in apparent retaliation for Canada acting on a U.S. extradition warrant for Huawei executive Meng Wangzhou, were released a few days later.

Spavor and Michael Kovrig from Canada.

Scheer said at the time, highlighting Beijing's arbitrary detention of Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

Global published a story last week, citing unidentified security sources who alleged Dong told a Chinese diplomat in February 2021 that releasing Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who were detained in China, would benefit the federal Conservatives.

China detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor for more than 1,000 days in apparent retaliation.

The Chinese regime shortly thereafter detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor in a move widely regarded as retaliation, with the two men not released until September 2021, nearly three years later.

He referred to the support that Canadian diplomats in China received from their counterparts in other countries when Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were put on trial in 2021.

Lilly noted that the sanction coincided not only with the dispute over Canada's arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wangzhou and Beijing's subsequent detention of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, but also with China having a significant canola

Former diplomat Michael Kovrig, who was detained in China in 2018 for more than 1,000 days along with fellow Canadian Michael Spavor following Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s arrest in Vancouver, has voiced similar concerns.

“We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Canada and the international community in calling for the PRC to release, immediately and unconditionally, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig.”

Dong resigned from the federal Liberal caucus in March shortly after Global News reported that he had allegedly told a Chinese diplomat in 2021 that Beijing should hold off on releasing Canadian prisoners Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who were detained

Kovrig, a former diplomat and now a think tank scholar, was detained in China for more than 1,000 days along with fellow Canadian Michael Spavor as part of Beijing's retaliation tactics for the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver in late

In 2021, the Tories demanded the government stop funding the AIIB, given the detention of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig. Chong said the latest allegations reiterate that point.

Two Canadian nationals, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, were arrested in China days later in an apparent act of retaliation.

Dong and the Chinese consul general in Toronto discussed the case of Canadian diplomats Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who were held captive in China in apparent retaliation for Canada's arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wangzhou.

Trudeau highlighted Beijing's detention of Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

It resulted in China’s arrest of Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, as well as the blocking of Canada’s export of canola and other products to China for a period of time.

His resignation came on the heels of a Global News report that said in February 2021 he had advised Han Tao, the Chinese consul general in Toronto, that Beijing should delay releasing Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

Dong left the Liberal caucus to sit as an Independent after Global News reported he had allegedly advised the Chinese consulate not to release Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor who were being arbitrarily detained in China because it would help

He also specified that they were not related to Beijing's detention of Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who were imprisoned in China in 2018 during the Huawei Meng Wanzhou case.

Global News published a report that night, citing unnamed security sources who alleged that Dong spoke about Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who at that time had been detained in China for just over two years, with a Chinese diplomat in Toronto in

But he notes that after China detained Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor in retaliation for the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver in 2018 on a U.S. extradition request, and following the verbal threats made by Chinese

Dong left the Liberal Party in March 2023 after Global News published allegations drawn from national security leaks suggesting he had provided advice to the Chinese consul general in Toronto about the detention of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

Relations between the two countries plunged into turmoil at the end of 2018 due to the Meng Wangzhou affair, with Beijing arbitrarily detaining Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. Mr.

In September 2021, Telendibaeva said while she was happy to see high-profile Canadian detainees Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig freed from Chinese jails, she was frustrated that Ottawa could not also liberate her husband.