China becomes an issue in B.C. election as anti-Beijing activists challenge candidates

The “No BC for Xi” campaign lists Candidates from all parties and labels them as to whether or not they are “CCP leaning” or “against CCP interference”.

The group including the Canada Tibet Committee, Canada Friends of Hong Kong, Alliance Canada Hong Kong imitated this campaign and said in its website, “join us in demanding BC’s candidates to take a stand against CCP’s human rights violations and foreign infiltration into our institutions.”

A volunteer of the group said, “The Chinese Communist Party is not just a threat to people within China.”

As of Thursday afternoon, 11 candidates are marked as “CCP leaning,” while 44 are marked “against CCP interference”. The remaining candidates (~300) have either declined to respond or the campaign is awaiting a response from them.

Source: National Post #Oct16

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/china-becomes-an-issue-in-b-c-election-as-anti-beijing-activists-challenge-candidates

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