OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney didn’t “proactively” elevate human rights or overseas interference with Chinese language President Xi Jinping throughout his Beijing go to in January, the federal government says.
The Privy Council Workplace, which serves the prime minister, says in a parliamentary tabling that “human rights and overseas interference weren’t introduced up proactively” by Carney when he met with Xi.
The doc was tabled right this moment in response to questions from Conservative MP Ned Kuruc and notes that International Affairs Minister Anita Anand mentioned “delicate points equivalent to human rights and overseas interference” together with her Chinese language counterpart.
Carney stated on the finish of his go to to Beijing that he had spoken with Xi about human rights, and his workplace tells The Canadian Press it is going to reply to a request for readability.
In January, Carney stated Canada raises human rights by means of direct conversations, as a substitute of what he described as talking by means of a megaphone.
Carney additionally met with Xi final November in South Korea and stated afterwards that Beijing didn’t appear to grasp how severely Canada takes the matter of overseas interference.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed March 23, 2026.
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press