Carney’s government admits ‘error,’ says PM did raise human rights with Xi
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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office said public servants have corrected information the government tabled in Parliament that suggested he did not “proactively” raise human rights or foreign interference during his visit to Beijing.
“The parliamentary return in question was submitted in error,” wrote Carney’s spokeswoman Audrey Champoux.
Carney met in January with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He told reporters at the end of his visit to Beijing that he had spoken with Xi about human rights in direct conversations.
The Privy Council Office, which serves the prime minister, said in a parliamentary tabling on March 13 that Carney had not raised human rights or foreign interference unprompted.
“Topics of human rights and foreign interference were not brought up proactively by the Canadian Prime Minister,” reads the tabling.
Carney’s office said Monday that the information was “retabled” in the House that afternoon.
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