The email, obtained by The Epoch Times, includes a list of 12 individuals arbitrarily detained by Chinese authorities for practicing Falun Gong, including Canadian citizen Qian Sun. Ms.

Conservative MP Garnett Genuis and over a dozen other MPs have urged China to release a Canadian citizen arbitrarily detained for seven years for practising Falun Gong, as well as other detainees with family ties in Canada.

Shortly after Meng’s arrest, the Chinese regime arbitrarily detained two Canadians, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, on charges of alleged espionage, a move widely seen as a retaliation against Canada.

Canadians Michael Spavor (L) and Michael Kovrig are currently detained in China.

Detained Canadians Freeland said it is important that John McCallum, Canada's ambassador to China, has been able to meet in recent days with the two detained Canadians, the entrepreneur Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who is on a leave of absence

China followed its threat of dire consequences should Canada fail to release Meng by detaining Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor on Dec. 10, 2018.

Turnisa Matsedik-Qira, of the Vancouver Uyghur Association, demonstrates against China's treatment of Uyghurs while holding a photo of detained Canadians Michael Spavor (L) and Michael Kovrig outside a court appearance for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou

The men, known as “two Michaels,” were detained days after Canadian authorities arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. extradition request.

In the following weeks, two Canadian citizens were detained in China, while one Canadian was sentenced to death in a re-trial of his drug-smuggling case.

Champagne said Monday that tough talk on China could hurt efforts to gain the release of two arbitrarily detained Canadians. 

Shortly after Meng’s arrest, the Chinese regime arbitrarily detained two Canadians, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, on charges of espionage, a move widely seen as a retaliation against Canada.

After Meng's arrest, China detained two Canadians, accusing them of involvement in stealing state secrets.

In apparent retaliation, Beijing detained Kovrig and fellow Canadian Michael Spavor days later on espionage charges, which both men denied.

Chinese officials detained Canadians Kovrig and Spavor shortly after Meng's arrest. The day after Canada approved her extradition hearing, Beijing publicly accused the two Canadians of conspiring together to steal state secrets.

Global News later reported in March that Dong had reached out to Han Tao, Chinese consul-general in Toronto, in February 2021, suggesting that Beijing postpone the release of Michaels Kovrig and Michael Spavor, two Canadian citizens detained by the Chinese

When the RCMP arrested Meng in December 2018 on a U.S. extradition warrant, China detained two Canadian men, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, in what was viewed by Canada, the U.S. and dozens of other allies as retaliation.

After Meng’s arrest, China detained two Canadians, accusing them of involvement in stealing state secrets.

Kovrig and fellow Canadian Michael Spavor were detained by China in 2018 and held for more than 1,000 days, accused of spying in a case the Canadian government said was as a bogus effort to pressure Canada to release Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

Two Canadians detained in China shortly after Meng was arrested, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, returned to Canada just as she was heading back to China.

Turnisa Matsedik-Qira, of the Vancouver Uyghur Association, demonstrates against China's treatment of Uyghurs while holding a photo of detained Canadians Michael Spavor (L) and Michael Kovrig outside a court appearance for Huawei Chief Financial Officer

The committee was formed on Dec. 10, 2019, exactly one year after China detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in early December 2018 at the behest of the United States

"Canada continues to express its appreciation to those who have spoken in support of these detained Canadians and the rule of law.

After Meng was picked up in Vancouver, China detained Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig and later charged them with spying.

Global News defended its recent report alleging that former Liberal MP Han Dong had discussions with a Chinese diplomat on delaying the release of two Canadian citizens detained by Beijing.

Shortly after Meng’s arrest in 2019, Chinese authorities detained two Canadians and accused them of spying—a move widely seen as a tactic often used by Beijing known as “hostage diplomacy.”

He says Beijing’s imprisonment of Kovrig and Spavor in retaliation for Canada’s detainment of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, as well as China’s handling of the global pandemic, has fundamentally changed the way many Canadians now view the Chinese Communist

Canadian travellers are advised by Ottawa to “comply” and to be “forthcoming in all interactions” with border agents. “If you are denied entry, you could be detained while awaiting deportation.”

Just as Canada hopes its allies will keep pressing China to release detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, it is reasonable to expect Canada to take concrete action at this time to advocate for Taiwan's inclusion in WHA 2019.

Shortly thereafter, China arbitrarily detained two Canadian citizens and held them in confinement for over 1,000 days.

Soon after Meng's arrest in December 2018, the Chinese regime detained two Canadians—Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor—and held them in jail for over 1,000 days in what was widely viewed as Beijing’s use of “hostage diplomacy” in retaliation of Meng's