Ottawa has raised concerns with Chinese and Hong Kong authorities over the targeting of Conservative candidate and Hong Kong pro-democracy advocate Joe Tay, and says it is monitoring the situation closely after Tay’s relatives were taken in for questioning last week.
Tay, who ran as a Conservative candidate in the recent federal election, is one of several pro-democracy activists wanted by Hong Kong authorities. In December 2024, they placed a HK$1 million (approximately CA$180,000) bounty on Tay, accusing him of “incitement to secession” and “collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security.”
Tay was also the target of a Beijing-linked transnational repression operation during the election campaign, according to Canadian intelligence officials….