China has warned Canada to prepare for retaliation after Ottawa scaled back relations with Hong Kong over Beijing’s security crackdown there
. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Monday that “all consequences shall be borne by the Canadian side” for suspending an extradition treaty with Hong Kong and ending military exports to the city.
Mr. Champagne called the news troubling. “We are deeply disturbed by the reports we have; we are consulting with the international community.” He said Canada would stand up for human rights. Mr. Champagne declined to say whether Canada is prepared to recognize what Beijing is doing to the Uyghurs as a continuing genocide or as crimes against humanity when asked by Conservative MP Garnett Genuis.
The Canadian government has faced repeated calls to impose sanctions on Chinese officials under its version of the Magnitsky Act, a law named after Russian tax expert Sergei Magnitsky, who was tortured and died in a Moscow prison after uncovering fraud in Russia. Advocates include former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler, Hong Kong-Canadian pro-democracy groups and Canadian senators.
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