Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office says public servants have corrected information tabled in the House of Commons that indicated the prime minister did not “proactively” raise the issue of human rights during discussions with Chinese officials in January.
“The parliamentary return in question was submitted in error,” said a spokesperson for Carney’s office.
Carney told reporters in Beijing on Jan. 16 that he raised the issue of human rights in his discussions with Chinese officials during his trip to China. However, the Privy Council Office, which provides public service support to the prime minister, tabled a document in the House of Commons on March 13 that said the topics of human rights and foreign interference “were not brought up proactively by the Canadian Prime Minister.”…