A human rights group says it is “disappointed” after the federal government told a Liberal MP this week not to move forward with a motion to grant honorary Canadian citizenship to Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai, who has been in solitary confinement for more than four years for his criticism of the Chinese regime.
Liberal MP Judy Sgro, who was leading efforts to table a unanimous-consent motion to grant Lai honorary citizenship ahead of the G7 leaders’ summit in Alberta, was told by Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon on June 11 that she could not present it. Unanimous consent allows for a motion to be adopted without debate as long as no member objects….