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Hon. Michael Chong

Member of Parliament
Member of the panel of chairs for the legislative committees
Conservative

Wellington—Halton Hills
Ontario
Voting Attendance: 62%
Expenses Last Quarter: $120,269.09

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Context: House Hansard - 330 - Jun/12/24

Hon. Michael Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills, CPC)

Jun/12/24 5:06:21 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, according to the report of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, the budget of the United Front Work Department, which engages in foreign interference, is $2.6 billion U.S. per year. Furthermore, 23% of that budget is allocated to foreign interference targeting every country of the world, including Canada. What does my colleague think about the fact that China has such a large budget to spend on foreign interference here, in Canada?

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Context: House Hansard - 154 - Feb/6/23

Hon. Michael Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills, CPC)

Feb/6/23 2:30:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, last weekend, Canadians watched as Beijing's spy balloon drifted over North America. For years, the government has supported research with China's military, despite the advice of CSIS against doing so since 2018. It admitted Beijing's military scientists into the Winnipeg lab. It is also funding research with Beijing's military university in areas like quantum cryptography, photonics and space science. Does the government now understand the threat this presents to Canada? Will it now issue a ministerial policy directive to ban research funding with China's military?

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Context: House Hansard - 70 - May/12/22

Hon. Michael Chong

May/12/22 10:25:25 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his question. The Canada-China relationship is a broad one. There are many issues between our two countries, particularly with respect to economic matters. There is no question that we must pressure the government to develop a policy on companies such as Huawei. For four years now, the government has been saying it will present a policy on Huawei. However, a decision has yet to be made. That is another reason to establish a special committee on Canada-China relations.

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Context: House Hansard - 70 - May/12/22

Hon. Michael Chong

May/12/22 10:23:50 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs is an appropriate place to study Canada-China relations. The challenge is that that committee is seized with so many other issues. It is seized with the issue of the COVAX facility, for vaccines for developing countries. It is seized with the issue of Ukraine. It is seized with so many other issues. This is the reason why we established the Special Committee on Afghanistan, because the foreign affairs committee is seized with so many other issues, and it is why we should be establishing a special committee on Canada-China relations. The relationship between Canada and China is so broad and multi-faceted, particularly in light of what has happened in recent years, that we need a special committee to continue to further the study. I would point out that in the 43rd Parliament, the amount of media attention that the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations received is an indication of the need to re-establish this committee in the 44th Parliament.

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Context: House Hansard - 37 - Feb/28/22

Hon. Michael Chong

Feb/28/22 9:00:51 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I think China is watching us and our allies very closely right now to see what we do in response to Russian aggression in eastern Europe. The actions taken by western democracies today are going to dictate the actions of the People's Republic of China for years to come in the Indo-Pacific region. That is why we have to get serious about our foreign policy. We have to get serious about our defence policy, and we have to get serious about our energy policy. If we are clear-eyed about these interests, I think we can defend our values both here and abroad: our belief in freedom, human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

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